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...literary archaeologist, the sinking of the Central America was ideal. Nearly 450 people drowned, but 149 men, women and children were saved, and their accounts of the horror began spreading to the continent's newspapers as soon as rescue ships reached port. Captain Herndon, who went down with his ship, was acclaimed for his heroism, and a memorial was built at Annapolis, Md. As the New York Times wrote afterward, "No story so clear and so appalling has ever before been brought to the firesides of the land...
Begin your journey at the Raven Site Ruin, one of the few archaeological digs where you don't have to be an archaeologist to dig in. Located near Springerville (about four hours east of Phoenix), the prehistoric site was a pottery-manufacturing center occupied by the Anasazi and Mogollon Indians until it was abandoned some 600 years ago. These days the site offers hands-on excavation programs that last from one day to one week (children must be at least nine years of age). Mornings are spent digging with trained archaeologists; afternoons include hikes to nearby petroglyphs (ancient rock drawings...
...major problem with looting, from the archaeologist's point of view, is that it destroys the information that comes along with an artifact...
...Normally, documentation means that it has been scientifically excavated so that there is a precise and detailed record of exactly where [it has been excavated]," says Hester A. Davis, state archaeologist for Arkansas and chair of the Society of American Archaeology's Committee on Ethics...
...perspective owes much to the work of Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet, who has spent the past 24 years excavating Kerma, the seat of Africa's greatest empire (outside Egypt) between 2500 B.C. and 1500 B.C. Bonnet acknowledges that he went to Sudan initially to find Egyptian civilization. "But step by step," he confesses, "I came to understand that the Nubian civilizations are really extraordinary. There might be Egyptian influences, but there is a Nubian originality and a Nubian identity...