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Contemporary archaeologists dig into the present—bringing those so often forgotten into the light
- May 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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The classic image of an archaeologist is of someone unearthing a potsherd in Pompeii or opening a Viking grave to better understand the distant past. Yet the same methods can also be applied to our own time—a field known as contemporary archaeology.
Originally published at Phys.org