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It doesn't work that way: if something wasn't looted recently you get the most of information not by taking a few "valuable" things but by carefully studying ev
by acqq 10y ago
It doesn't work that way: if something wasn't looted recently you get the most of information not by taking a few "valuable" things but by carefully studying every small trace. This was known even much before the times if Indiana Jones. Surprise: the life is different from the dumbed-down movies. So you have to bring the whole team and some people to protect them. Everything else is a huge loss.
- OJFord 10y agoAgreed - as I understand it, the relative and absolute positioning of pieces, and analysis of surrounding dirt, is very often more useful information than anything that can be gleaned from the piece itself.
- 67726e 10y agoBack in the 9th grade we visited a dig site and we even got to dig a little with the university folks overseeing. Boy did they get mad when I found an intact pot and unceremoniously ripped it out of the ground to show off. That was just for a dirt patch on a barrier island. I can't imagine how bad ransacking a major site would be.
- foota 10y ago@67 perhaps you mean unceremoniously?
- 67726e 10y agoYou're right, I've fallen victim to autocorrect.