Digging the Dirt: The Archaeological Imagination

by Jennifer Wallace

Book Overview

When Jennifer Wallace travelled round Greece as a student, hiking through olive groves to hunt out the stones of old temples and lost cities, she became fascinated by archaeology. It was magical. It was absurd. Give an archaeologist a few rocks and, like a master storyteller, he could bring another world to life. Give him a vague hunch about the past, and he was prepared to spend hours raking through the soil in search of proof.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715632787
• ISBN13: 9780715632789
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"