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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3710483, member: 27832&quot;]This makes me much happier than &quot;have long since been dug up and scattered&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember reading a science-fiction short story that alluded to a constant tension in archaeology -- you <i>want</i> to excavate and learn all you can, but you remember how much cruder and more destructive archaeological techniques were a century or two ago, and you wonder how much more advanced and gentle they&#039;ll be a hundred years from now. Do you really want to go in with trowels and brushes and cameras now, when your great-grandchildren may be able to scan the whole site for composition, micrometer by micrometer, without touching it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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