#salvage archaeology
Archaeological sites once thought lost under Lake Powell reappear as water drops
“Stevens adds, “We don’t know if the lake is ever going to rise this high again, with the climate changes and all that, so maybe there’s an opportunity here for the Navajo people”—an opportunity to take a good look at what was destroyed when the reservoir filled, and what can be saved now, as it empties.”
Capturing the heritage of the International Space Station before it crashes into the ocean
“"This might be the beginning of different kinds of archaeology that we could see in the future,” Gorman said.“