tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post4068854945395786978..comments2024-01-28T13:32:47.733-05:00Comments on Port Tobacco Archaeological Project: Potomac Creek CeramicsApril M. Beisawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019923628257305222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post-55938129906827862312008-01-18T17:51:00.000-05:002008-01-18T17:51:00.000-05:00William Rathje, then of the University of Arizona,...William Rathje, then of the University of Arizona, made his reputation studying trash recovered from garbage pails left out on the curb and from deep testing in landfills. He learned quite a bit about the difference between what we say we use and throw away, and what we actually use and throw away. He also recovered remarkably well-preserved newspapers that were discarded decades earlier, but preserved well in the anaerobic environment. There is such thing as an embarrassment of riches.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395015722370190000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post-48624281548520431692008-01-17T20:32:00.000-05:002008-01-17T20:32:00.000-05:00It never ceases to amaze me what a huge amount of ...It never ceases to amaze me what a huge amount of information can be gleaned from fragments of pottery. Think of how much we could learn if we had the benefit of the material that bio-degraded over the Millennia. Unfortunately, As future scientists review our discarded items, they will either thank us for the wealth of material to study, or look at us with disgust at what we left behind that will never disappear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com