Oh I read somewhere that cotton thread has natural moisture absorption that actually protects the spine over time!

And now he's probably scared to walk through any aisle without checking the floor first.

My cousin actually collects old board games and he told me about a copy of Pandemic from 2009 he found at a thrift store. The pieces were so sticky they stuck to the board when he tried to move them around. He even tried putting them in the freezer for a day to see if that would fix it, and it helped a little but the tackiness came right back once they warmed up. It's wild how some games from that same year are fine while others are a total mess. Makes you wonder if the factory just had a bad batch of plastic or something.

Id start by checking the collagen condition before dating if there is any chance the bones were cooked. Boiling is a common contamination source, but even heat from campfires can mess with the carbon ratio. You might also want to run a sample of the sediment from the same layer just to rule out other factors.

Those cheap nuts failed because you didn't tighten them enough. Skill issue.