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Contemporary archaeology is a response to the problem of preserving and recording our disposable, rapidly changing culture. The structures of the postwar era - 1960s tower blocks, mobile-phone masts, distribution warehouses, retail parks - are fairly temporary and likely to disappear quickly.

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"You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and never get wet." - The Phantom Tollbooth

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