Professor says expanded excavations at Pompeii come at the expense of vital information about one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes.
Archaeologists at Pompeii have been accused of committing"vandalism to volcanology" by sacrificing deposits left by Mount Vesuvius during excavations, a group of scientists has said., Roberto Scandone, Professor of Volcanology at the University of Rome, and colleagues, say the archaeological and volcanic history left behind by the eruption in 79 AD offers"an insight into how societies live and die in the shadow of a volcano.
However, Kilburn also said authorities should be prepared for another big eruption,"and this means we need as much information as possible from the AD 79 deposits in Pompeii."He continued:"Unfortunately, most of the deposits from 79 AD eruption are covered by urban sprawl and the products of younger eruptions. Archaeological sites, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, are thus among the rare locations where we can dig through the entire sequence of the 79 AD deposits.
He said once the material has been removed, it cannot be used to study the dynamics of the eruption."We have suggested that the excavations could leave behind representative sections of the deposits, but this has been ignored," he said.Massimo Osanna, General Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, denies these claims.
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