[EarthBound]

Thanks for the post. I wonder why it is so rare to find stuff from two different ages? Obviously stone is easier to find and make stuff with than bronze. Companies today still use legacy systems from decades ago, in computer terms, that's an age. I'd think they'd use what they had when they had it. Anyone know why it's so rare?

[MacDorcha]

It may have come from specialization.

When one culture begins focussing on a different means, the entire "village" would shift gears.

Keep in mind, the major reason the chages occured was due to the ADVANTAGES that each adnce took.

You may find bone and flint tools still (like at a boy-scout camp), but these would be largely anachrononistic with lighter and more durable metals being the norm.

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That, and when you think about it, which does a society (historically) tend to preserve more? The old or the new?

The *old* in ancient societies may have been simply "used to death" while the *new* was being constantly updated.

Muesems are a recent development.

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This would also address your comparrison to computer coding.

You don't wear down 0's and 1's, and logica ALWAYS applies.

Unless one has a BETTER logic (note: not just faster, or more efficient, but one that comes to a "more correct" resolution) then abandoning the old logic is non-sensical.

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That help? or just further your knowledge that I am in fact- an asshat? :p