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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Future of Archaeology

Is it conceivable that there could have been anywhere in the world a highly technologically advanced ancient civilization that we've lost all of their relics? Or is archaeology worldwide advanced to the point where we would know if there was, you know, a computer terminal hidden somewhere under the rock? Well, I'm in the camp very squarely with archaeology knowing the general parameters of these things. We're finding new things that are older and older but no new civilizations, I think, are going to be out there.

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