patterdale 675 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I know this sounds abit strange but my misses loves watching time team. while we were watching it lately I came up with this thought? maybe someone has the answer. obviously to find any sort of treasure or archeological pieces you've got to dig into the ground,sometimes quite deep.so what im thinking is where and how did all the earth come from to cover these pieces? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 51,423 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 The tread of Tony Robinsons wellies ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,479 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Lol.... Soil is rotted down vegetation ,,, grass ,,,bushes,,plants,,trees ect,,,,, Look on an old disused bit of road,,, first you get mosses ,,, then grass gets hold,,,and so on and so on,,, soon after just a few years the old tarmack is covered in grass 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I know this sounds abit strange but my misses loves watching time team. while we were watching it lately I came up with this thought? maybe someone has the answer. obviously to find any sort of treasure or archeological pieces you've got to dig into the ground,sometimes quite deep.so what im thinking is where and how did all the earth come from to cover these pieces? Erosion of the rocks on high ground creates sediment which is moved down to the low lying areas by rivers and partly wind. Rivers don't keep their same paths either they migrate over time. This moving sediment creates more soil which builds up in certain areas and buries things. Like with fossils which generally are only found in rock which was formed in water I guess archaeological finds are found on lowland areas where they can be buried quickly and preserved for years to come, if a roman dropped a spear on top of a mountain it wouldn't still be there 2000 years later because the elements would have destroyed it. The type of soil also helps preserve things, Lindow Man was preserved in a peat bog which are anoxic (no oxygen less decomposition) this will apply to anything that can rot like wood etc. Also the treasure people find was buried probably during some kind of conflict war or changes in government/king or maybe they just didn't want to keep it under the bed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Definition of an Archaeologist; A person whose career is in ruins 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdale 675 Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Of course ? How silly of me to forget. Cheers Nik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Reminds me of a job we were on years ago that was stopped by archaeologists. I asked one of them one day had they found anything yet ? She said "just a tampon." "All we have to do now is find out what period it's from." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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