Lives in ruins archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
"The author of The Dead Beat and This Book is Overdue! turns her piercing eye and charming wit to the real-life avatars of Indiana Jones -- the archaeologists who sort through the muck and mire of swamps, ancient landfills, volcanic islands, and other dirty places to reclaim history for us all. Pomp...
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Down and dirty : studying people who study people
- Boot camp. Field school : context is everything ; The survivalist's guide to archaeology : our ancestors were geniuses ; Extreme beverages : taking beer seriously ; Pig dragons : how to pick up an archaeologist ; My life is in ruins : jobs and other problems ; Road trip through time : our partner, heartbreak ; Underwater mysteries : slow archaeology, deep archaeology
- The classics. Explorers club : classics of the ancient world and Hollywood ; Field school redux : the earth-whisperers
- Archaeology and war. The bodies : who owns history? ; Evidence of harm : bearing witness ; Archaeology in a dangerous world : a historic alliance ; Avoidance targets : mission-- respect
- Heritage. Buckets of archaeologists : if archaeologists tried to save the world.
