The concept that you are interested in is known as deep time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_time) and there is a book by the same name by Gregory Benford (http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Time-Humanity-Communicates-Millen...) that explores the idea in greater depth.
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Thanks! I'm familiar with the term, and I have a copy of the Benford book that I bought when it was published. The sections on the WIPP marker and the Cassini message are particularly interesting.