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tiramichu t1_itqhnp3 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom

Because there is surviving historical record.

The 1600s were not as long ago as you think. People paid taxes. There were financial ledgers, and letters written, and paintings of significant things. And when the navy ordered an expensive warship there was certainly a contract with the shipyard.

It might seem like forever ago, but in the grand scheme it's pretty modern history.

And as well as records of when it was built, also records of how it was lost.

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wegtys t1_itrpqpm wrote

Chemical analysis of the wood shows it was from the same location as the wood from the Vasa and the year rings show it was cut the same year.

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