Building the future seems incompatible with preserving the past. It’s not just that new construction too often entails the physical destruction of historical sites and structures—it’s a matter of different priorities as well. Preservation is bound up with complex questions about culture and heritage, while development tends to be focused on more tangible problems of logistics and construction. Yet both archaeological excavations and new construction start with a hole in the ground. Seen through this lens, both projects are grounded, literally, in the same brute reality of moving vast volumes of earth.
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