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In many societies in the past, a teenager could be a parent, a full adult, a leader.
在過去的很多社群，十幾歲的人就能成為父母、領導，
And so the cape could have well have been worn by a young person who already had considerable power.
完全被當作成年人對待。因此披肩有可能由一位權力相當大的年輕人穿著。
We can only guess. The key evidence, the skeleton that was found inside the cape, was thrown away when the gold was discovered, as it clearly had no financial value.
遺憾的是，最關鍵的證據，即披肩里包裹的骸骨，由于沒有經濟價值，在黃金出土時便被丟棄了。
So when I look at the Mold Gold Cape now, I have a strange mix of sensations-exhilaration that such a supreme work of art has survived, and frustration that the surrounding material-which would have told us so much about this great and mysterious civilisation that flourished in North Wales four thousand years ago, was recklessly discarded.
如今看著莫爾德黃金披肩，我心情復雜，一方面為如此精美的藝術品能保存至今而興奮，一方面也因為它周圍的物品被莽撞地丟棄而憤怒。我們原本可以通過它們更多地了解四千年前在北威爾士蓬勃發展的那個神秘而偉大的文明。
It's why archaeologists get so agitated about illicit excavations today.
這也是考古學家對盜墓活動如此反感的原因。
For although the precious finds will often survive, the context which explains them will be lost, and it's that context of material-usually financially worthless-that turns treasure into history.
雖然珍貴的物品常能 被保存下來，但那些能夠解釋它們背景的物品卻常會遺失。這些背景物品雖然不具有高昂的經濟價值，但對歷史研究意義重大。
