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

Think about it from another direction:

You’re not building over a priceless 2000 year old antique mosaic floor.

You’re building over a tacky mosaic floor from 30 years ago, which is totally out of style now.

You even see this in older modern homes, where you’ll often find beautiful hardwood floor under tacky vinyl tiles under brown wall to wall carpet – each thing was installed when it was new, covering up something considered outdated.