Why is the past buried underground?

Answer 1

The past is buried underground for numerous reasons. A good example is the construction of a village. Over time the settlement would have gone into decline and homes would have been demolished (demolision phase when excavating). This would then have been covered up and then with other material over time and the process would occur over and over. We often find items such as rings, bracelets and weapons in burial contexts due to religious practises, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

This is a good question actually. The archaeology sites noted by J.S. should help if you want to search "in depth." The simple answer is that dirt piles up over the centuries. We don't realize it in our life times. It does seem strange that you have to dig down so many feet to find native American artifacts from the times before Europeans came to the Americas. The history of the middle East goes back so far that it is a deep dig indeed to get back to biblical or Roman times.
A good example of the "stratification" of eras in history found in archaeological digs is the excavation of Troy. The Wiki site listed below is OK and rather fun for this. There have been 9 levels of troy excavated with several other sublevels - each depicting a different time in the area's history.

Answer 3

Great Question.

The simple answer, it that a lot of it is not underground, it has worn away.

Organic materials de-compose down, and in time become soil. Stone, with rain, snow, sun and wind, will slowly wear away to sand.

natural weathering removes all this material and it literally flows down hill in our rivers to form the valley floors. that's the main system which is removing the past from high places.

The other system, vegetation, is growing on the past. nature will reclaim our historic structures, growing over them, and in time composting down to soil. the roots of larger plants and worms will then move top soil down into the ground, and buried stuff, like the bed rock up.

over time, a good blanket of soil protects the history that has survived this weathering process, and often another layer of history is built on top of the older stuff. It is rare for walls to survive, as they get robbed of stone for later structures, or worn away by weather, but foundations and pits full of broken artifacts (middens) do survive, as do graves.

thus in some sheltered places, you have layers of history, and the deeper you dig, the further you go back.

Answer 4

Only the physical remains of the past are buried. Knowledge tends to be passed on or just forgotten and re-discovered later.

But I don't really get the question. I assumed you meant past as in history. But is that what you meant?

Answer 5

Charles is right on that, in basic terms be beneficial the black pipe you purchase has slots or holes in it for the water to empty out of because it flows alongside below your backyard. otherwise it is going to all bypass to the tip and pool up, which will nonetheless be ok as long as you bypass away an area on the tip of the pipe it somewhat is stuffed with gravel to permit the water to filter out with the aid of and bypass down into the floor under.

Answer 6

So people can make the same mistakes over an over. We tend to think that our modern knowledge is way better that the ancient one, so we discard it, but with it, everything they knew.
So we feel like we are asking questions for the first time, and giving answers for the first time and so on. Does this makes any sense to you?

Answer 7

People don't always like looking into the past in case they find 'skeletons in the cupboard'. All families have them. It helps make history interesting.

Answer 8

Try a search, and look under the term 'Archaeology.'

p.s. At last I am recognized by spreedog 133!

Answer 9

civilizations build on the ruins of the past

Answer 10

Because if left on top a lot of it would smell horribly.