OH SHIT FUCKERS, ACTUAL FUCKING HISTORY
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/lost-city-medieval-discovered-hidden-beneath-cambodian-jungle
>Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat, the Guardian can reveal, in groundbreaking discoveries that promise to upend key assumptions about south-east Asia’s history.
>The Australian archaeologist Dr Damian Evans, whose findings will be published in the Journal of Archaeological Science on Monday, will announce that cutting-edge airborne laser scanning technology has revealed multiple cities between 900 and 1,400 years old beneath the tropical forest floor, some of which rival the size of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.
>>1283091
Fuck yeah!
They better conserve them neatly and dont let a thing get plundered or harmed!
Its also great news for their tourism sector.
>>1283091
Bump
Yoooo.
How the fuck can they date shit underground through laser scans?
Determining compositions through reflectancy or something?
>>1283479
>How the fuck can they date shit underground...?
Pure inference through position in the geological strata, and historical chronology; i.e. it is entirely a hypothetical dating based on data that bases itself on itself; tautological dating.
>>1283508
I guess that's why the error range is so large.
>>1283520
likely, as far as I have learned durring my Anthro undergraduat,e in order to get a more accurate date without some sort of records of the city be it from the city itself or a near by contemporary settlement mentioning it you would need to bring samples to labs which can pose its own problems due to decay or contaminants also these methods have a tendency to destroy or damage the samples. that said once we get the samples we should be able to at least narrow it down to within a few centurys
>>1283091
>Lost cities found in Cambodia.
....yes? This is nothing fucking new.
>Reads more
>It's not Khmer
Ok, this is Ayy Lmao tier discovery.
So... Why we should care about Cambodia? It isn't like we found glorious roman city anyway.
>>1284995
>Rome
Baby tier archaeology please go.
Bunp
>>1283091
>Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat
I knew there was no way Angkor Wat was really bult in the middle of nowhere.
