Examples of seemingly out-of-date, the obsolete, the discarded, once again become futuristic are not new. John Smeaton’s design of the third Eddystone lighthouse enrolled ‘hydraulic lime’, a form of mortar which sets underwater. Smeaton’s development of this technique was fundamentally influenced by Roman cement . . . Likewise, Ralph Wood’s design of the revolutionary Tanfield bridge in the industrial north east of England (also known as the Causey arch) took its design from the Roman arches so prevalent in this region. . . .

Chris - please expand the following section drawn from Omnivores Dilemma archaeology offers ways of reframing narratives - agriculture/horticulture - foodways - new views of architecture/building/intimacy/inhabitation/watching, listening and visibility short vignettes: health - lifestyle, diet, monocultures, globalist myopia, unanticipated connections, distributed bodies - egs from omnivore's dilemma The way we grow our food is connected to several crises in the US: health, energy, ecology. Health, because most chronic diseases can be linked to diet. Energy, because agriculture and food processing accounts for between 17 and 34% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Michael Pollan describes living off the modern industrial food system as akin to “eating oil and spewing green house gases” (. . .). 10 calories of fossil fuels to 1 calorie of food energy. The meat ratio is higher . .. Ecology, repetitive cycle of DDT . . . large dead zones . . . Cheap calories come at a high cost. locality - sustainability, gardens, networks not objects, cultural ecologies (suburban farms)