Its very interesting!

"Archaeologists were able to make out a date but not the year, and part of the man’s name—Bassus—from the etching"

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Yeah, you know how journalistic overviews can be, I think when you've read through the article you'll see its making important contributions and is breaking new ground in the context of the period, area, aspects of methodology.

Here is the link to the article royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... really terrific stuff covering things including vessel use, diet and subsistence strategies🏺🧪 #archaeology

The nature of archaeology & science is to add to our existing dataset & interpretations. I'd not expect my work to be the full stop in anything, it's a contribution to an ever developing picture & I fully expect/facilitate more to come after that adds to & challenges the things I've come up with.

I am very confused by your brutal dismissal of this article...yes we know of tar repairs for pottery, yes people have looked at DNA etc but this work offers important insights & demonstrates methodologies for the period & contexts it relates to. That doesn't take away from work that's gone before.

Ouch, that sounds very harsh. It's being highlighted because its important and excellent work.

For sure there's been other work around this topic, like pitch from mesolithic Sweden by Kirdök et al. very rarely are any of us doing something entirely in a vacuum of new ideas etc. But it's always good to see more work being added espec. by energetic and thoughtful researchers 🦷😁

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