Culture: Prank
Anachronisms for Archaeologists   (+4)  [vote for, against]
Oh, how we will laugh ...

Simple enough ... locate a previously unknown and undisturbed archaeological site, then introduce an unmistakable anachronism.

Perhaps use a tiny steerable tunneling machine to inject a (suitably aged) BIC biro into the burial chamber of a long barrow, or sneak into an Egyptian tomb a sheet of lead with "I, Nikola Tesla, claim this time and place for Serbia, December 2 1899" scratched onto it.

A "classic" Coca-Cola bottle gripped in the hand of a teracotta soldier, a flintlock musket in the wall of a Roman villa, or a sheet of plastic with "Fifteenth Spatio-Temporal Expedition, Eagle University, Armstrong City, Luna" insinuated into an Mayan pyramid would be equally amusing.
-- 8th of 7, Mar 29 2016

Young Earthers expect this http://www.missiont...thousand-years.html
How will they know it's a joke? [Sgt Teacup, Mar 30 2016]

How long have you been at this? http://www.dailymai...aled-400-years.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 30 2016]

Oh, I see... http://www.messaget...of-place-artifacts/
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 30 2016]

Even Wikipedia knows about this https://en.wikipedi...t-of-place_artifact
[notexactly, Mar 30 2016]

Doing this for future generations would be fun. Throw in a pre-rusted broken pile of advanced electronics, with a circuit board with the words ototype ime achin in some strange font would be fun, too.
-- RayfordSteele, Mar 29 2016


You do realize this is an evil opposite of "site looting"?
-- Vernon, Mar 30 2016


Yes, it's the 'evil' part we like best.
-- 8th of 7, Mar 30 2016


Sadly, this is fodder for the Young Earthers (see link), who already expect (and enjoy) the anachronisms you suggest.
-- Sgt Teacup, Mar 30 2016


Terry Pratchett's Strata does this, sort of.
-- nineteenthly, Mar 31 2016



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