This is also the premise of David Macaulay's children's cult classic Motel of the Mysteries [1], in which archeologists from the year 4022 dig through layers of

This is also the premise of David Macaulay's children's cult classic Motel of the Mysteries [1], in which archeologists from the year 4022 dig through layers of trash to find the remnants of our current civilization, and interprets the excavated structures in clinical fashion. The joke is that we, as readers, understand that it's just a motel and they've found the bathroom, but the archeologists believe it's a porcelain burial chamber featuring royal vestments (i.e. plastic toilet seat). It's silly but fun. [1] https://www.vox.com/22753080/motel-mysteries-book-david-maca https://www.vox.com/22753080/motel-mysteries-book-david-maca...