An interesting case of lack of funding and consequent neglect:
Archaeology office lets 7,000-year-old boats rot away
A pair of stone-age boats, thought to be the oldest in Europe, have been allowed
to rot in a partially collapsed shed while the northern German regional
archaeology authorities stood by broke and helpless
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090312-17983.html
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Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Northgate House
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United Kingdom
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html
For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see:
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