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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to reader   
   Re: Trash heaps in Israel reveal agricul   
   15 Oct 20 11:20:51   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   reader wrote:   
      
   > Finding trash dumps and burials are an archaeologists' dream.   
      
   Standard operating procedure, actually.   
      
   Our trash is what humans leave behind.   
      
   > The element suggested as new is the technology of how trash was handled and   
   > what it implies about the larger culture and social/population factors that   
   > employed the technology.   
      
   That's not what it says and it's not what I quoted.   
      
   They think they're the first to note changes in how a culture handled   
   their waste and what this said about "economic strategies and urban   
   development."   
      
      
      
      
      
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