Archaeologist Stuart Piggott called his profession "the science of rubbish." He calls it that because archaeologists are the rubbish collectors of the past, and the scrap of history are the evidence; what people threw away, forgot about, or were unable to reclaim. Through excavation, analysis, study, and writing, archaeology brings the past to life. Present trash is newer, fresher, and riper than ancient
Rome or Mesopotamia, but it still holds clues to how people live. To sort the waste in each area, archaeologists look up a site such as a city dump and sort through the garbage item by item, recording amounts, types, and brand
Rome or Mesopotamia, but it still holds clues to how people live. To sort the waste in each area, archaeologists look up a site such as a city dump and sort through the garbage item by item, recording amounts, types, and brand