I think I figured out a solution to the discrepancy in time between the YIJC timeline of Indy studying archeology, and the novels.
In the novels, it is presented that Indy is graduating from the college of Chicago, with an undergraduate degree in archaeology. In the YIJC, he is shown to just attending college in 1920. Is it possible that while not shown, he studied while in the army? I know at least the US army offers educational/degree programs as far as I'm aware, so perhaps the Belgian and French armies did something similar?
Or perhaps he got pushed a little further ahead, what with his father being a professor and him being on friendly terms with Howard Carter. I mean the fact that he didn't finish high school yet is allowed to go to college in the series is a discrepancy in and of itself--Which could further the theory that he studied in the army.
In the novels, it is presented that Indy is graduating from the college of Chicago, with an undergraduate degree in archaeology. In the YIJC, he is shown to just attending college in 1920. Is it possible that while not shown, he studied while in the army? I know at least the US army offers educational/degree programs as far as I'm aware, so perhaps the Belgian and French armies did something similar?
Or perhaps he got pushed a little further ahead, what with his father being a professor and him being on friendly terms with Howard Carter. I mean the fact that he didn't finish high school yet is allowed to go to college in the series is a discrepancy in and of itself--Which could further the theory that he studied in the army.