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Archaeologists tend to keep such expeditions fairly hush-hush until they’re done with their research. If they don’t, they run the risk of treasure hunters ploug
by Someone 1y ago
Archaeologists tend to keep such expeditions fairly hush-hush until they’re done with their research. If they don’t, they run the risk of treasure hunters ploughing through their find, destroying information, at night.
So, the villagers likely knew there were people working on the beach, but may not have known they were archeologists or that they found a Stone Age settlement.
- simonh 1y agoThis settlement is out at sea, about 8m underwater.
- BoredPositron 1y agoThat makes it harder to protect against treasure hunters not easier.
- Someone 1y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640: “Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch defence ministry says. […] A report in the Guardian says three British ships have disappeared as well. […] the three missing wrecks were located 100km (60 miles) off the coast of Indonesia, at a depth of 70m”
- WalterBright 1y agoI never understood the war graves thing. On land, people go to great effort to recover the bodies and re-inter them in proper graves. In the sea, they get designated as graves and nothing can be salvaged.
- ceejayoz 1y ago> On land, people go to great effort to recover the bodies and re-inter them in proper graves. There aren't many spots on land a body can wind up that are comparable in difficulty to access as thousands of feet underwater.
- WalterBright 1y agoI know. But for those that can do salvage, what's the problem?
- ceejayoz 1y agoYou'd have the same problem if you tried to salvage topsoil from a cemetery.