@patrickwyman.bsky.social had a good podcast episode about this. It was sobering to think about people who saw the whole government and economy collapse over the course of their lifetime, like the entire pottery industry disappearing.
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People seem to have lost the knowledge of metallurgy and had to scavenge for any piece of metal they could find, stripping houses, forts, villas, temples of all metal. daily.jstor.org/recycling-in...
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For anyone interested, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Have just been relistening to this exact episode! Such an amazing podcast series.
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Excellent pod. Wyman is solid.
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