PSA: My university's field school in Cyprus found a Roman coin hoard, but the context was a total mess.

We were excavating a villa near Paphos and hit a cluster of 47 denarii, which should have been a clean win. The problem was the soil layers were completely jumbled from later medieval farming, so dating the deposition is a nightmare. Some of the team thinks we should publish the coins as a stray find, while others argue the disturbed context still tells a story about site reuse. Has anyone else had a major find where the stratigraphy just wouldn't cooperate?

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aaron8961mo ago

Honestly, that sounds like every dig I've ever been on.

paulhernandez1mo ago

Right? Feels like the same old story every single time.