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bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away

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"Ancient bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away, alarming archaeologists"

A read from the bogs... :g43:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07 ... aeologists
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Re: bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away

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Interesting, the archaeologist is saying that farming and disturbed sites are letting oxygen into the bogs, leading to loss of artefacts / bones by degrading in the soil over time. So, the usual thought by archaeologists to leave things in the ground to preserve things, does not work in this instance. They need to dig things up or lose them.
The same can be said for a lot of artefacts disturbed by everyday farming methods on general land. If the artefacts are not dug up they do degrade over time, get damaged or totally disappear.

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Re: bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away

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I agree muddy... :g43: and again...

"Study Suggests Bones Preserved in Peat Bogs May Be at Risk"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... ocialmedia
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