2013-08-16

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MinuteEarth

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REFERENCES

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/world/europe/archaeology-ancient-trash

Tuscon professor

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913924,00.html

http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/23/174

Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage. Rathje and Murphy

http://books.google.com/books/about/Rubbish.html?id=1i_B1c573OQC

Olive Oil in Rome

http://ceipac.gh.ub.es/MOSTRA/u_expo.htm

Middens

http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Science-Stories/Resource-Management/Middens

Washington's Midden

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2011/article/one-man-s-trash-george-washington-s-priceless-refuse

MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes!

Created by Henry Reich, with Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, and Rose Eveleth.

Music by Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder