Possible ancient artifacts are found in a BC thrift shop—and archaeology scholars are on the case

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the spring of 2024.
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Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thrift shops. But putting them in a museum is harder than it sounds.

Archaeologists discovered artifacts for sale in a thrift shop. They decided to create a college course on what to do about them. An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the ...
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