Lives in ruins
archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
by Marilyn Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, and Hillary Huber
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"A look at the lives of contemporary archaeologists as they search for clues to the puzzle of humanity's past examines the working conditions they face as well as what drives them to do this very important, yet often tedious, work."
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Lives in ruins: archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
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"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.
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Examines "the lives of contemporary archaeologists as they sweat under the sun for clues to the puzzle of our past. Johnson digs and drinks alongside archaeologists, chases them through the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and even Machu Picchu, and excavates their lives. Her subjects share stories we rarely read in history books, about slaves and Ice Age hunters, ordinary soldiers of the American Revolution, children of the first century, Chinese woman warriors, sunken fleets, mummies. What drives these archaeologists is not the money (meager) or the jobs (scarce) or the working conditions (dangerous), but their passion for the stories that would otherwise be buried and lost"--Amazon.com.
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