if something is preserved in sedimentary rocks, then that something can be lost in the sedimentary stone
sedimentary is rock. sculpture is solid_tangible_artifact. sedimentary_clay is soil. archeological_remains is remains. archeological_remains is relic. sandstone is clastic_sedimentary_rock. clastic_sedimentary_rock is sedimentary_rock. sedimentary_rock is rock. lost_river is tangible_thing. sedimentary_rock is stone.