By using the things they left behind we can learn of their struggles and it even helps us with ours. To really start helping with the preservation we have to get through to the people who are destroying. From contractors to teenagers everyone has played a role in some way to the destruction of our relics. If we can show to everyone that it is important to maintain our historical artifacts and teach them the meaningful purpose of doing so then we can take a huge step towards the preservation of our past. But how can we really get through to the people who are most involved in the destruction of our past.
Many people destroy it just because it was there.
They draw symbols over ancient cliff writings or dig up Indian burial grounds. These people may never learn from the education we can give them. The only thing that may get through to them is the thought that they will be severely prosecuted for their crimes. We can make more strict laws against the destruction of historic places making the fine for doing such much steeper. The added sense of consequence may detour such people from committing the act in the first place.