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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on November 19, 2023, 07:02:34 PM

Title: Gem finds at the pompei of the north
Post by: Imperial Dave on November 19, 2023, 07:02:34 PM
https://arkeonews.net/unique-gems-found-in-claterna-known-as-the-pompeii-of-the-north/

Nice
Title: Re: Gem finds at the pompei of the north
Post by: Erpingham on November 19, 2023, 07:24:53 PM
The other place you'd find 50 gems would be a bathhouse.  It is unclear what detail they have of the site.  It mentions it is an unstratified site.  That would usually mean churned up.  I suspect, though, we are seeing a mistranslated Italian technical term.  The photos suggest good preservation.
Title: Re: Gem finds at the pompei of the north
Post by: Jon Freitag on November 19, 2023, 08:00:08 PM
The article uses the term "non-stratified" site.  Rather than implying churned up, as in no distinct stratification layers, it could also signify that no formal, stratification (in a statistical sampling sense) of experimental plots has been laid out over the research area.