Archaeologists are usually interested in object assemblages that belonged in the same context. Thus it would be far more interesting to preserve, say, a complete print shop, than a juxtaposition of dental floss and Donald Duck.
Really? I think archaeologists are fascinated by the later excavations at Pompeii because it captures all the little things in daily Roman life so well. A lot of that was not written down at the time ...
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Archaeologists are usually interested in object assemblages that belonged in the same context. Thus it would be far more interesting to preserve, say, a complete print shop, than a juxtaposition of dental floss and Donald Duck.
Really? I think archaeologists are fascinated by the later excavations at Pompeii because it captures all the little things in daily Roman life so well. A lot of that was not written down at the time ...
The do have the contents of a woman's purse. Talk about context!