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There's an order of magnitude more value for archaeology in an artifact's context than in the artifact itself. A 5000 y/o piece of wood is just a piece of wood
by nathancahill 11y ago
There's an order of magnitude more value for archaeology in an artifact's context than in the artifact itself. A 5000 y/o piece of wood is just a piece of wood once it's been taken out of it's context.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoAnd what is it worth, once its rotted away and gone? What if you are the last person available to save that artifact? Should you let it rot, because Authority says to? Rather than scold folks for saving artifacts, rather teach them how to preserve some context - pictures, date, GPS location. Something. Else its all gone.
- nathancahill 11y agoI agree with you in principal, but we're talking about a national park with 3M+ visitors a year. The public position has to be to leave artifacts where they are found.