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Future Archaeologies of Waste

How will future generations interpret the waste we leave behind?

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  • Future Archaeologies of Marine Litter
    • Marine Litter Future Archaeology exhibits
      • The Eigg Hoard
      • Plastlantis! A lost civilisation in the Undrowned Isles
      • Artefacts from the Plastics Age: life on the edge of the abyss
      • Survivors from the Synthetic Age
    • Marine litter exhibit origins
      • Origins of the “Eigg Hoard” exhibit
      • Origins of the “Plastlantis” exhibit
      • Origins of the “Life on the edge of the abyss” exhibit
      • Origins of the “Survivors from the Synthetic Age” exhibit
  • Future Archaeologies of Abandoned Technologies and Infrastructure
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Marine litter exhibit origins

Each of the exhibits included in this site was created using items found in beach cleans in various locations in Scotland, with input to the imagined future and stories of the objects provided by local participants.

You can read about the origins and backstories of each exhibit below.


Origins of the Eigg Hoard


Origins of the Plastlantis! exhibit


Origins of the Life on the edge of the abyss exhibit


Origins of the Survivors from the Synthetic Age exhibit


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