Don: Grim future for local archaeology grads

THOSE with a master’s degree or PhD in Archaeology tend to have limited job prospects in Malaysia despite the country’s wealth of archaeological sites and related scientific labs.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Global Archaeology Research Centre director Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Mokhtar Saidin said Malaysia had uncovered a lot of archaeological sites over the years but career prospects for archaeologists remained dim.