I see your point but the subject of prehistory is not stamp collecting or jotting down train numbers, it's a huge subject incorporating many disciplines and the opportunity for people interested in it to have a voice is important. TMA forum doesn't seem to be the place to come for that.

Thank you.

Would you like to see my collection of paper as well? I have a small piece from Dunhuang and several pieces from the Nara Period which are over a thousand years old. The paper still rattles when you shake it (as it did when it was first made). They’re brown now but were originally bright yellow from being dyed with extract from the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron japonicum). The dye contains a natural insecticide which helped preserve the paper and the religious texts written on it.