Others have an archaeological value of sorts.
Soulbury's stone (never "rock", notes Wright's wife, June, who made that mistake – once – while taking the parish council minutes) does not even have any archaeological value.
It argues that coins have less archaeological value than cultural items like ship parts and navigational gear and that selling them is an ideal way to finance recoveries of purely historical interest.
The partnership agreement draws a distinction between classes of artifacts, saying cultural items have a greater archaeological value than coins, which it allows to be sold to help pay for the project.
For now, Mr. Logan said, the town is willing to concede only that the site may have some archaeological value because of the discovery of arrowheads and other artifacts in the cornfields.
For tens of thousands of people, those who live in places of great archaeological value and those in historically insignificant hamlets like Samsat, a way of life is being erased.
The church wants to build a large Russian Orthodox cemetery and cathedral at the site, effectively obliterating its historic and archaeological value, according to professionals who have worked at the site and experts on the royal family.
Ariadne's house, located at the city center of ancient Pompeii, is of great archaeological value due to the fresco paintings decorating several rooms.
