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?

Question

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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Answer 1

Just drive down any street in North America, you’ll find a house either abandoned or poorly maintained. Where the grass has begun to encroach on the side walk, driveway and walkway. After a year or two you’d drive-by again and never notice that walkway again.

Its the same on a much larger time scale where geological events can have profound impact.