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(real answer: modern archeology places a high value on retaining artifacts in the milieu they were produced or found in as much as possible, both for reasons of cultural sensitivity and to retain as much contextual information as possible about the artifacts in question. The main difference between 19th century archeology and traditional grave robbing was profit motive vs. ethnographic academic curiosity)
But that doesn’t answer the question. How long do they wait before digging up remains in a graveyard, for example?
Honestly, by the time most grave allotments expire, they’re probably due for interest by some body with a remarkably specific archeological discipline.
You grave robber.
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Long enough that nobody knew it was a cemetary/burial site until they started unrelated digging for unrelated purposes.
It’s always (and always has been) grave robbing.
uh
WTF this isn’t the post I replied to!
it’s medical research, not grave robbing
