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[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a government permit thing, not a time thing. If you go an dig up an Etruscan grave on your own it is absolutely grave robbing.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but that's just putting the problem of defining it onto governments.

If a court orders the exhumation of a murder victim, is that technically archeology?

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hmm true. Adam Savage would say it's whether or not you're keeping notes.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Actually yes...it is.

Law enforcement often employs archaeologists for that very purpose. My professor in Uni for example would go help them out whenever they got a call about a body being found because there just weren't enough murders in my part of the world to justify having someone full time.

The skill-sets are virtually identical, the bones are just fresher. Reading a crime scene and reading a archaeological site are basically kissing cousins.