Found: Bonus - What Do You Do with a Found Artifact? | History

Archaeologist Dale explains exactly what to do if you find something you think might be an historical artifact in this web exclusive. #FoundHistory

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"Found" follows a group of experts as they fan out across the nation to investigate the unexplained objects that normal Americans find in their backyards. Someone just might have that artifact that turns the history of our country on its head. Could it be you?

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[HiddenHistoryinTexas]

Thank you for this! I try to think of it as a crime scene. I’ve only moved things that were on the surface being destroyed. Hoping to have an archaeologist out here soon!

[dfsj]

What do you do, if you find an artefact 101.

The FOUND team is dedicated to protecting and learning from artefacts, sites, antiques, objects, and the archaeological record. BUT, we at NO TIME encourage, solicit, and/or support the looting, potholing, and illegal excavation of archaeological or historic sites. We even extend this to the use of hobby metal detectors without rigorous documentation of the research design and survey methodology followed to uncover sites and objects.


If you are lucky enough to come across an organic find, something you have never seen before, this video will help you recognize your discovery and help register the in situ site without its disruption. This information will be useful for the FOUND team, but more important, for the national, state, and local heritage entities that represent and archaeologically manage your area.

For us, the concept of CONTEXT is the key to understanding the past. Simply, context refers to the remains of one individual stratigraphic event. They are usually events that have been preserved in the archaeological record through both cultural and natural transformations. As such, artefacts are not treated as context, but belonging to them. Therefore, when you loot, pothole, and/or disturb archaeological and history deposits, you are destroying the context of an artefact, destroying the past, and the opportunity for an archaeologist to better understand what happened to those that came before us.

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[susandaniels]

are you interested in artifacts in Canada

[sstp]

i found one from the dominican republic but idk what to do

[kevbone]

The government will just take it off your hands for you. 😁😁😁🙃🙃🙃