Eli5 – Why are we finding entire homes and streets in archaeological digs? doesn’t anyone notice a street or building starting to get covered in dirt and dust? at some point someone must notice the old plato theatre is knee high into the earth?
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My family has a trailer at a vacation lake development. It’s pretty woodsy with lots of fallen leaves from oaks and maples and all that sort. They had a shed that a tree fell on around 10 years ago. The platform for the shed is 18 inches off the ground with stairs and concrete footing. I just found out it was there, about 45 feet from the far back of the deck. The leaves fall about 8 inches a year. It was buried before I had ever been there. I dug it out of 2 feet of leaves and would have never known it was there otherwise. I imagine the same thing happens withnn by larger buildings over enough time, as leaves break down
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