Re:Archaeologists Discover Tomb of First King of Caracol
by Rebelgecko on Thursday July 17, 2025 @12:45PM
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When I've gone down the Wikipedia article of ancient sites, it's amazing how many have basically been visited for 2-3 summers by a professor and some grad students, with years or even decades between visits due to funding issues or whatever
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Re:Archaeologists Discover Tomb of First King of Caracol
by AlotOfReading on Thursday July 17, 2025 @01:25PM
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To say archaeology has shoestring budgets would be insulting to shoestrings. When I was working as a field archaeologist, I would do expeditions on less than what I make in a month working in tech. There were times when I had to seriously consider the financial trade-off between the food budget and sample dating.
The financial situation is even worse today.