Garbology. It might sound a little silly, but archaeologists can find out a lot about people by looking through their trash.The first thing I have learned from going through the trash is the household lives a clean and sanitary home. Evidence for this fi
ANTH1100 Garbology Assignment Timothy Johns
It might sound a little silly, but archaeologists can find out a lot about people by looking through their trash. More is told about people’s culture and lifestyles by studying there refuse then by asking them directly. Think about what you consider an average week then take a step back and compare the story you would tell and what your trash would tell. The revelation of how different the story’s are would astonish you. A person’s trash will tell several things about their life and culture including the way they care for their home, what they eat and how much, and how environmentally conscience they are. This is a study of one household’s trash collected over one week.
The first thing I have learned from going through the trash is the household lives a clean and sanitary home. Evidence for this finding is the Lysol disinfecting wipes and other house hold cleaning supplies such as kaboom and cleaning gloves. Another thing I have noticed is that the household has pets due to the potty training pads and empty fish bags. Due to the quantity of potty pads and empty fish bags indicate to me that they clean up a lot after a young pet that is currently being potty trained and they either have a lot of fish or have an animal that eats a lot of fish. I also noticed that in the trash there was no baby food, child waste, and or child food which indicates to me that the household has no children.