How has archeology a thing? Why is so much of our history found under the ground we reside today? Why do we have to dig down to find ancient towns? What happened?
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Despite what people say, no one that I have seen has presented a logical explanation as to why there are ruins, roads, and buildings buried on every continent.
For example, peopel say dust blows in or whatever, but that does not explain why Easter Island’s Massive statues are buried halfway or more! and the buried parts are sculpted as much as the parts showing above ground. *Easter Island is in the middle of the ocean,* so where is the dust coming from, and even when dust comes, rain washes it away.
Also, I have worked with soil erosion for over a decade, and can still not make sense of it.
There is a ‘conspiracy’ topic called ‘Mudflood’ where thousands of people are trying to figure out the same thing, with no success.
Survivorship bias.
The stuff that isn’t buried isn’t as protected, and doesn’t survive well. So they things we do find had to have some degree of protection, which is usually getting buried and no longer subject to wind and water erosion.
Aside from the accumulation of dirt and debris slowly burying the ruins, anything left above ground is likely to be robbed and repurposed. If you lived near Hadrian’s wall after the Romans left, for example, you’ve got a nice supply of stone just sitting there for your new house or wall. Easier than quarying it yourself. So archeologists often are just finding what’s left that was too much trouble for the locals to dig up.
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