30th September 2010, 04:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 30th September 2010, 04:56 PM by Kel.)
Quote:Secondly this wasn't in any context.
To clarify, in archaeological terms the "context" is basically the bit of earth it was found in and the area immediately around it. Unless it was found hovering in mid-air, the helmet was definitely found in a context of some sort*.
Finds can occur "out of context" i.e. not where they were originally deposited, but this is a different thing. Even in this situation, the exact place where something was found can still yield valuable information.
*EDITED: Sorry, realised helmet was officially found "out of context", in which case definitely better found and recovered than ploughed to bggry, but second para still applies. Both paras could be applied to other finds.