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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJ Walker, post: 7956041, member: 125206&quot;]This is something I&#039;ve thought quite a bit about.&nbsp; Any form of archaeology is a form of destruction I think.&nbsp; Just exposing the site to oxygen, sunlight, tools, etc will speed up the decay of these things.&nbsp; I am certain that a credentialed expert can learn much more about these object than an amateur, but here is where we get into philosophy.&nbsp; Why is that the prime goal of humanity?&nbsp; Who got to decide that and why?&nbsp; Maybe if I knew I could be fully on board, but as it stands, I&#039;m not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it&#039;s clearly incredibly important.&nbsp; But maybe we should take more into account than just this, and attempt to weigh these things somehow.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, some fella 3000 years ago spent a ton of his time, energy, and maybe money to make an ax head that he was likely quite proud of.&nbsp; He knew this thing would ax the crap out of whatever needed axing.&nbsp; Boy oh boy was this head going to ax.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Then somehow it got lost, maybe forever.&nbsp; Would this artisan be super excited about a bunch of scholars standing around his object, afraid to even touch or clean it?&nbsp; What might he want?&nbsp; We cannot know for sure of course, but archaeologists constantly thrust intentions on ghosts (everything&#039;s a temple <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; So I&#039;d say that a smith would want his objects to be used literally until the day it&#039;s impossible to use them.&nbsp; I&#039;d say that he&#039;d be incredibly impressed and proud to see his ax head cutting firewood 3000 years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but this is just my thoughts so far.&nbsp; They are constantly evolving, as are most all my thoughts and opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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