The Enemy Of Archaeology Is Not People, It's Salt

Monday, September 29, 2014 - 17:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Image: Charlie Phillips/flickr. CC BY 2.0By Joel N. Shurkin, Inside Science(Inside Science) -- The enemy of archeology everywhere is salt. It destroys buildings, disassembles art works, and can turn ancient pottery into piles of dust. read more

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