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Originally Posted by pjphilli
Hi
I dug a hole in my backyard recently to plant a tree. I came across all sorts of interesting "finds" down at the 400mm level. Got quiet excited until I realised it was building rubbish circa 1963 when my house was built. I wonder what archaeologists will make of it a few hundred years hence!
Cheers Peter
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If you worked it out why shouldn't they? Identifying rubbish dumps, reuse of old materials, buildings on top of older buildings etc is par for the course for an archaeologist. They aren't as gullable as some believe.