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Re: Is something missing from this debate?
Jan 22, 2013, 12:06
Mustard wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
Buried archaeology is not like artefacts, the act of renovation destroys some of it's essence, which is the potential to recover immeasurable amounts of knowledge from it and it's surroundings

I can understand that argument where artefacts have gradually decayed in situ, with no interference. But when we're talking about stones that have been buried in holes dug many centuries after their erection, it's difficult to imagine what remains to be found that modern archaeology isn't capable of retrieving. To help me understand your argument, could you offer an example of the sort of thing you feel might be destroyed or lost to future generations of archaeologists as a result of re-erection?


This is right as the pits dug to bury the stones would have already destroyed the prehistoric archaeology long ago, that's why it would be ok to raise the stones but not dig beyond there respective pits.
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