Lives in ruins : archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
2014
930.1 J68 2014
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Title
Lives in ruins : archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
Description
x, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
930.1 J68 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)893974336
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
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.
Includes revolutionary war (p.101-119, 155-174)
L2014M181
Johnson digs 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, etc.
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.
Includes revolutionary war (p.101-119, 155-174)
L2014M181
Johnson digs 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, etc.
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