/lit/ - Literature

>page 200 of deadhouse gates
we get it, erikson, you're an archeologist anthropologist. some type of historical theme going on. 2 of the main characters are literal historians. in the first book there was also a historian character.

there's a part where a character is walking on a "tell," an archaeological term I learned from this book, and the narration explains the full on history of the city settlement that was underneath the ruins.

>characters walking through the catacombs of a tower
we get a historical explanation of the different types of rock/limestone it's engulfed in. what the hell is going on here? are the rest of the books like this or is it a theme of deadhouse gates? don't remember this type of stuff in Gardens of the Moon.