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> ... against the wishes of the landowner and river authority. ...I mean, it originally arrived in the area against the wishes of the landowners at the time as
by tsukikage 3y ago
> ... against the wishes of the landowner and river authority.
...I mean, it originally arrived in the area against the wishes of the landowners at the time as well. The gentleman is simply continuing a long established tradition.
(Seriously, though, aside from the fact he wasn't supposed to be doing what he did where he did it, archaeological information was lost that could have potentially been recovered had the sword been left in situ and a team called to survey it. We really shouldn't be celebrating this.)
- edgineer 3y agoAren't objects at the bottom of a river at great risk of permanent damage? I'd imagine metal artifacts are hoping for a magnet fisherman to find them before they're gone for good.
- tsukikage 3y agoIt's been there for 900 years. It's not going to suddenly vanish next Tuesday.
- pvaldes 3y agoIs a river, the sword is just an isolated object displaced by the current or washed by a flood. All the context is lost. The chance to find an archaeology location here with more objects related with the sword is close to zero
- tsukikage 3y agoe.g. correlating relative location of objects found on a riverbed with each other and with structures historically known to be nearby was this person's two year project: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/award-project-rescuing-roman-history-riverbed https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/award-project-rescuing-rom...