That happens too. However, archaeology tends to run on budgets that can be generously described as "shoestring". Most of the projects I worked on (some years-lo

That happens too. However, archaeology tends to run on budgets that can be generously described as "shoestring". Most of the projects I worked on (some years-long), had total budgets less than half my current tech-company compensation. Since I like to work with older stuff, you can look at the sea level chart [1] and see obvious issue. Submersibles just aren't feasible for most research. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Post-Gla...