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Old 08-12-2012, 05:26 PM
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How come archaeological ruins are always underground?

Link to original article: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...ys-underground

Seems to me, another plausible reason would be selection bias. Ruins / artifacts which are not buried get eroded away, stolen, collected, etc. Mostly, only things which got buried somehow are still around to be discovered.
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