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Rivers in cities can easily fill with heaps full of trash, lost things, and industrial waste. But if the city has been around for a while, all of that garbage can tell an incredible story.
Archaeologists had a unique opportunity to tell this story from the trash of Amsterdam. It began in 2003, when the city needed to drain and excavate one of its canal’s riverbeds for a new metro line. The digging turned up 700,000 objects covering the city’s seven-hundred-year history, with some objects dating from before the establishment of the city itself. The project, Below the Surface, has now released a book, documentary, and website where you can look at a catalogue of the objects.
https://gizmodo.com/incredible-website-shows-amsterdams-history-through-700-1827238867
And here is the site:
Below the Surface - Archeologische vondsten Noord/Zuidlijn Amsterdam
It's actually kind of neat.
Archaeologists had a unique opportunity to tell this story from the trash of Amsterdam. It began in 2003, when the city needed to drain and excavate one of its canal’s riverbeds for a new metro line. The digging turned up 700,000 objects covering the city’s seven-hundred-year history, with some objects dating from before the establishment of the city itself. The project, Below the Surface, has now released a book, documentary, and website where you can look at a catalogue of the objects.
https://gizmodo.com/incredible-website-shows-amsterdams-history-through-700-1827238867
And here is the site:
Below the Surface - Archeologische vondsten Noord/Zuidlijn Amsterdam
It's actually kind of neat.
