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By Sarah Milledge Nelson

Sarah Nelson’s instructing novel follows Clara, a Korean-American archaeologist, to an excavation in her ancestral place of origin. the tale recounts her reports as a box archaeologist and as a tender lady stuck among cultures. Nelson additionally tells the tale of Flyingbird and the Neolithic those who lived within the mound Clara is excavating. Addressing problems with gender, shamanism, ethnic identification, and Neolithic tradition, and written by means of a number one American archaeologist focusing on those themes, this quantity is either a superb learn and strong archaeology. a great start line to introduce archaeology to varsity students.

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