Archeology, excavation, anthropology all conjure images of finding long lost civilizations. Dusty caverns, digging in the hot sun all flash into your mind, but what about urban landscapes? What about looking into our civilization as it grew?
The St. Louis Post Dispatch had an article exploring this idea. Professor Michael Fuller of the St. Louis Community College at Meramec decided to dig at Lucas and First streets in St. Louis.
The idea was to find native American villages at the time of mound building, but they didn’t find anything like that. They did find evidence of the Great Fire of St. Louis.
The fire was started by a riverboat on the landing and spread to the entire city. The refuse from the fire was used as landfill and house fill, which is how the professor and his team came across it.
Survive any disaster in your own home. Prepare now. A must for the coming problems in the world!Urban excavations almost never happen by planning anymore, but by mistake. Many of the local governments in the United States require an acheologist to work with the construction and excavation teams to ensure that artifacts are not disturbed.
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