Did you see “The Dig”? I think archaeologists are probably just about the way they are portrayed in that movie.
Nah, I haven’t seen that one. But there is quite a bit of politicking and groupthink going on in archaeology from what I can tell as an outsider.
Part of that probably comes from the old traditions of the “Royal Society” being gatekeepers and enforcing orthodoxy, and in more modern times, it is the archaeologists who can get permission from state authorities for excavations who form the “in group” and get to set the narrative.