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Lives in ruins

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An edition of Lives in ruins (2014)

Lives in ruins

archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble

First edition.

by , , and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

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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Archaeologists, Archaeology, Anecdotes, Archaeologists, biography, nyt:travel=2014-12-07, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed

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Lives in ruins: archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
2015, Harper Perennial
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2014
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Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble
2014, HarperCollins Publishers
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
930.1
Library of Congress
CC175 .J64 2014, CC175.J64 2014

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x, 274 pages
Number of pages
274

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OL27170937M
Internet Archive
livesinruinsarch0000john
ISBN 10
0062127187
ISBN 13
9780062127181
LCCN
2014028450
OCLC/WorldCat
893974336

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