alt Hacker NewsWhile I can't speak for these wrecks specifically, archeology as a field is chronically underfunded. They have to pick and choose their battles.
While I can't speak for these wrecks specifically, archeology as a field is chronically underfunded. They have to pick and choose their battles.
That's the main reason. Also marine archeology is expensive. I once heard an archeologist saying that if the rests have passed centuries underwater, one more is less harmful than looters.