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Showerthought: My embarrassing mix-up with a 'relic' at the park dig
I was volunteering at a public archaeology event and proudly showed off what I thought was an old coin. The expert just smiled and said it was a modern bottle cap from the 1990s. Why do our brains jump to ancient stuff so fast?
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riley_bell6mo ago
Remember, context is key in archaeology.
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wilson.jana6mo ago
Documenting everything in situ first saved my butt, @riley_bell.
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stella_roberts4mo ago
Laughed way too hard at this cause I once did the exact same thing with a rusty pull tab.
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