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  • ARCHAEOLOGY

    A WORLD OF SURPRISES

    Dec 06, 2018 2 minutes
    Jarrett A. Lobell

    We often ask archaeologists whether they were surprised by anything they uncovered during their excavations. They usually say yes, not because they hadn’t done everything possible to prepare before putting their trowels in the ground or their samples under the microscope,

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