For example, [this](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6816670.1682003854!/fileImage/httpImage/1-000-year-old-canoe.jpg) 1,000 year old canoe was found in a North Carolina lake. How did they discover that it was a canoe? To me it looks like every other piece of wood at the bottom of a lake. They can’t study every piece of debris they find at a lake to tell which are artifacts and which arent
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It’s like reading the ingredient label in foods. Most people see the normal ones, salt sugar whatever and then their eyes glaze over once they get to the preservatives and emulsifiers and ph buffers and such. I happen to know about the qualities of common ones so I like to actually read the details and think about the mechanism behind the preservation, gives insight on how to store and optimize usage in cooking. Same deal for archeologists finding artefacts, it’s not just the item it’s the manufacture, the purpose, the material limitations, the technology, how it can be used to discover the past
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