Accelerated bone deterioration in last 70 years at famous Mesolithic peat bog in peril
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 13:11
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Alarming results from a 2019 survey of well-known archaeological site Ageröd reveal drastic bone and organic matter deterioration since the site's initial excavations in the 1940s, suggesting action is needed to preserve findings from Ageröd and similar sites, according to a study published July 29, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Adam Boethius from Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues.