Discuss: Factors that Determine what Kind of Objects and Artifacts Survive Over Long Periods of Time

There are many factors determining which artifacts survive and which are destroyed. Objects made from bone, wood, and leather, are more susceptible to deterioration and rarely last for thousands of years. Stone and ceramic artifacts, on the contrary, are very durable. Relatively few artifacts survive over long periods of time. Usually, only durable artifacts, those made of stone, bone, pottery, or metals, survive. …