Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old (www.reuters.com)

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[-] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

No offense meant here, but I think it is fair to either know or figure out archaeological terms yourself if you're going to be reading articles, even lay articles, in an archaeology community, not to expect them to be defined each time.

I agree that in this case, since it is the main subject of a lay article, it should have been defined, but I don't think it should be expected to be defined.

Anyway, the photos are quite impressive.

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

no offense meant but 'gatekeeps the entire community, on a verbiage basis'

"ok.." - me, who was just happy to see something that wasn't trump showing up in my main page

Ill remember to stay in my lane and not engage small community content that i dont fully understand, thanks for the advice. I'm sure Lemmy will be a better place if we all stick to the doomer subs and other weird shit here, or only lurk, right? (thats rhetorical)

[-] PassingDuchy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would expect a lay article to absolutely define these things. If nothing else, gets their word count up so the author can be paid more and helps the lay person understand what they're reading about, win-win. I know Reuters is more of a gives the mere basics so other news sources can pick it up and write more encompassing listicles site though so I'm not gonna have greater expectations for them here. Thanks for posting!

[-] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I agree, the article should have. I was speaking in generalities about the community.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

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