Finders Keepers A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession

by Childs, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780316066426
• ISBN10: 0316066427
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-25
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero - or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost story - an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth Avenue art galleries, journey throughout the Americas, Asia, the past and the present. The result is a brilliant book about man and nature, remnants and memory, a dashing tale of crime and detection.

Author Biography

Craig Childs--naturalist, adventurer, and desert ecologist--lives in Crawford, CO.-áHis previous books include The Animal Dialogues, House of Rain, The Way Out, The Secret Knowledge of Water, and Soul of Nowhere.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
In the Country of the Dead
Amateurs	p. 13
The Destiny Jar	p. 33
Treasure Hunters	p. 51
Unseen Things	p. 61
Vandalism and Other Acts of Removal
Diggers	p. 75
Going to Market	p. 95
A History of Urges	p. 119
The Chosen Ones	p. 133
Salvage Archaeology	p. 153
Where Artifacts End Up
The Golden Jar	p. 163
Houses of Obsession	p. 173
Public Trust	p. 187
In Situ
No Place like Home	p. 207
Holding On	p. 221
Letting Go	p. 231
Coda	p. 241
Acknowledgments	p. 251
Notes	p. 253
Index	p. 265
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