Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark

Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by Someone on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @03:48AM (#45100217)

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.

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by simonh on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @04:39AM (#45100495)

This settlement is out at sea, about 8m underwater.

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by Someone on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @06:27AM (#45101173)

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”

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by WalterBright on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:24AM (#45101581)

I 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.

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by ceejayoz on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @09:04AM (#45102593)

> 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.

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by WalterBright on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @11:59AM (#45104828)

I know. But for those that can do salvage, what's the problem?

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by ceejayoz on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @01:26PM (#45106222)

You'd have the same problem if you tried to salvage topsoil from a cemetery.

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Re:Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark by 42lux on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @05:29AM (#45100797)

That makes it harder to protect against treasure hunters not easier.

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