Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson

Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble

Marilyn Johnson

288 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

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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 othe...

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