Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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Well-preserved axe with wooden haft found in Poland, 10th century AD? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

So, after seeing this I ended up searching about how good is wood preservation with age:

Normally, when wood is buried it decays rapidly. However, if the burial environment is very wet it can be preserved for centuries. Bacteria and fungi will still degrade the wood, but when the oxygen supply is limited - under wet or waterlogged conditions - this process is much slower than in the air or in a well aerated soil. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/heritage-highlights/wood-survive-underground-for-thousands-of-years