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> That ampitheatre shows that street level in ancient times Why do street levels change like this? There seem to be a lot of "buried streets" in old cities.
by normie3000 1y ago
> That ampitheatre shows that street level in ancient times
Why do street levels change like this? There seem to be a lot of "buried streets" in old cities.
- dcminter 1y ago2000(ish) years of dust and leaf litter adds up!
- lexicality 1y agoold cities are typically built on the flood planes of large rivers since you get easy access to clean(ish) water and flat ground. Large rivers tend to engage in sedimentation so everything around them either needs to slowly and constantly build upwards to avoid being underwater or will be razed and the ground raised by the next flood with its associated payload of mud.
- ZiiS 1y agoLack of JCBs.
- wcoenen 1y agoHumans tend to accumulate building material in cities faster than it is lost to erosion. It can add up to many meters over the millennia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(archaeology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(archaeology)