Imagine that you are walking down a street in ancient Rome. What kind of natural and man-made litter, garbage, etc. do you see in and along the road?
- mud and dirt (goes without saying but I said it anyway)
- puddles of water
- feces and urine from animals and humans
- small, dead animals: dogs, cats, rats, birds
- bones and other parts/entrails from food: fish, pigs, goats, sheep, chicken, duck, goose
- fruit skins and rinds, olive pits, vegetable skins and seeds, spoiled food
- broken pottery and sherds
- old clothes, rags, and shreds
- scraps of parchment, papyrus, vellum (probably not much of this)
- sticks (but should have been used as fuel for fire), parts from old brooms
- bits of block, brick, stone, terra cotta
- broken toys, dolls, small statues/lares
- rarely, cool stuff like coins, stylus, glass vial or bottle, knife
- what am I missing?
1 comment:
stili? The occasional small bit of jewelry, ring or earring. Bits of tile fallen off the roof.
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