This is because we intentionally build them the way we do because we expect to replace most of them in a relatively short period of time so we use the least amount of materials and the materials we use do things like corrode and rust unlike the giant rocks that ancient societies used in the structures that stuck around. A lot of our structures are also near waterways, which increases the decay.
We will still leave behind a lot of earthen structures like highway overpass ramps, stuff cut into mountains, and the giant holes from strip mining.
archeologists of the future examining an on-ramp remnant: “We believe this was used for some sort of religious purpose, likely to bring people to a higher elevation to get them closer to the divine.”
This is because we intentionally build them the way we do because we expect to replace most of them in a relatively short period of time so we use the least amount of materials and the materials we use do things like corrode and rust unlike the giant rocks that ancient societies used in the structures that stuck around. A lot of our structures are also near waterways, which increases the decay.
We will still leave behind a lot of earthen structures like highway overpass ramps, stuff cut into mountains, and the giant holes from strip mining.
archeologists of the future examining an on-ramp remnant: “We believe this was used for some sort of religious purpose, likely to bring people to a higher elevation to get them closer to the divine.”
“You can yell by the slope that human sacrifices were practiced.”