Not just archeology … you could go into anyone’s garbage today and you’d find out a lot about them.
No joke, it’s how they track covid and a few other diseases. Espscially in places where people don’t test themselves.
Sure, you won’t know who specifically is sick unless you’re testing only one person’s pipes, but the testers can get a general idea of how many people are sick.
Aliens 10 million years from now, “These must be the ruins of a great city filled with slobs…”
Or a sewer with petrified ancient poop
“WE FOUND FECES!!!”
OMG this one has a CORN KERNEL
Uh aktualy it’s called a “midden”.
Careful, one wrong dumpster and you’ll need a team of teenagers with attitudes.
[old human shit]
I fucking love a good midden, let me dig through that garbage and put together an idea of the lives of those who left it behind