If you noticed, while enjoying Patch 4.1, that the new Artifacts were not giving skill-ups, well Blizz hot-fixed that issue in last night’s round of patching. Most people going for the rares probably did not notice this since you guys are most likely maxed already.
Archaeology (Source)
Blizzard posted a recap of the Patch 4.1 which you should expect this week. (Full Notes)
Archaeology (Source)
Below are six of those items mentioned above:
Artifact  |
Project |
Type | Branch | Fragments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extinct Turtle Shell | Extinct Turtle Shell | Shield |  Fossil |
150 |
| Pterrordax Hatchling | Pterrordax Hatchling | Companion Pet | Fossil |
120 |
| Voodoo Figurine | Voodoo Figurine | Companion Pet |  Troll |
100 |
| Vrykul Drinking Horn | Vrykyl Drinking Horn | Vanity |  Vrykul |
100 |
| Ancient Amber | Ancient Amber | Vanity | Fossil |
100 |
| Haunted War Drum | Haunted War Drum | Vanity | Troll |
100 |
Are you a checklist kind of player/person and want to extend the ability to your Archaeology profession? Well then here you go!
Below are Excel 
and PDF 
formats available of a checklist with every Artifact and it’s details.
Need a PDF Viewer or Excel program? We recommend (free): OpenOffice Calc / Adobe Reader X
Thanks to Lissaris of Kargath-US for this checklist!
Download PDF …|| Download Excel …|| Download ZIP with both files 
The above is currently Update-to-date for: Patch 4.0.6
A few people submitted this video to the website’s feedback form. Figured it was worth spotlighting, it’s about everyone’s favorite NPC, Harrison Jones. WoW Insider also featured this video.
When Cataclysm launched, I set myself a challenge to try and write a song about World of Warcraft’s new profession — Archaeology. It was during this process that Doctor Jones revealed he’s not quite the 2-dimensional, pop-culture cardboard cut-out everyone makes him out to be.
So… yet another Greyfoo movie with protagonists walking places, panning shots and girls staring wistfully into the camera, daring it not to fade them out (again). There’s my usual token wardrobe malfunction too (bonus points if you spot it!). Ah if I only I could just record what’s in my head straight onto YouTube, we’d all be better off. Actually, if I could do that, I’d probably just end up making endless movies about boobs, and nothing would actually get done.
Below are the confirmed (PTR) items being added to Archaeology in Patch 4.1
| Artifact |
Project |
Type | Branch | Fragments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extinct Turtle Shell | Extinct Turtle Shell | Shield | Fossil |
150 |
| Pterrordax Hatchling | Pterrordax Hatchling | Companion Pet | Fossil |
120 |
| Voodoo Figurine | Voodoo Figurine | Companion Pet | Troll |
100 |
| Vrykul Drinking Horn | Vrykyl Drinking Horn | Vanity | Vrykul |
100 |
| Ancient Amber | Ancient Amber | Vanity | Fossil |
100 |
| Haunted War Drum | Haunted War Drum | Vanity | Troll |
100 |
Voodoo Figurine
Pterrordax Hatchling
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Along with some new projects to research, Archaeologists will also be able to unlock one of four additional bosses (chosen randomly) for their group in Zul’Gurub. This is from the Edge of Madness event in the upcoming patch with Zul’Gurub reintroduced.
We have a small note from the Q&A posted yesterday about Archaeology. The questions ranged from PvP/PvE balance issues to death knight mastery runeforges to why moonkin don’t have Execute. The Dev team pointed out Vrykul & Fossils as two races that will get some updates soon(TM). There’s also plans to help you focus on farming a particular race at a given time.
Q: Are there any plans to bring new items to Archaeology with each future patch? (Source)
A: We may not make it every patch, but we designed Archaeology specifically with this kind of expandability in mind. Our most immediate plans are to add rare items to the Vrykul and especially Troll races, since they have so few, and add more to Fossils in general since you end up with so many Fossil sites. We also have some plans to make it slightly easier to focus on races upon which you want to focus.
To read the rest of the Q&A click here!
May 3rd, 2011 
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