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ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD-TRIP JANUARY 29 TH 3011 (PART II) (NOTE: If you have not already read PART I, then do so before you read this) Though the buildings are gone long ago Our diggings in the places we felt were the main city Have unearthed plastic false-teeth and artificial heart-valves. We have also brought up plastic bowls and plastic bags and bottles, Probably used to carry artificially-flavoured salted food. (This would account for the false teeth.) The marshy delta in the south arm of the bay Once supported a salt-evaporation industry. These people knew how to use technology And were obviously technologically advanced - But a weak people physically. Let me show you why: Here we see what seems may have been The foundations of a great bridge across the bay - And engineering was a forte of these people. This huge block of concrete you see in The middle of the water may have been An artificial island to anchor two such bridges. Movement and transport seems to have been in vehicles And very little walking was done, (hence the heart-valve). Huge concrete highways extended from this city south, Probably to another of their cities, long gone. Though important and widespread, Transport was however a problem for these people, Especially in the foggy weather which seems to be typical for the place. Underground we have found a complex Of tunnels which probably housed a movement system of sorts, Unaffected by the treacherous climate. And not just land transport, but sea too. It doesn’t look like it to our eyes, but this was a major port, And under the waters of the bay Can be found many artifacts of ships and cargoes. Those seven or eight small hills to the south Of the baymouth are covered today in natural forests of sessile oak And shrubbery of peach- and grape-bearing plants But there are still some large Euro-latin buildings Poking through the growth. It seems to have been A prosperous residential area of the city.
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