Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Murder, and the Evolution of American Archaeology

by Rachel Morgan

An incisive history of early American archaeology--from reckless looting to professional science--and the field's unfinished efforts to make amends today, told "with passion, indignation, and a dash of suspense" (New York Times).

American archaeology was forever scarred by an 1893 business proposition between cowboy-turned-excavator Richard Wetherill and socialites-turned-antiquarians Fred and Talbot Hyde. Wetherill had stumbled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226822389
• ISBN13: 9780226822389
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"