Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession by Craig Childs is a remarkable story of what it means to remove the human past from the ground. Childs is a purist, believing that nearly nothing should be removed – certainly not from pot hunters, and most of the time not by archaeologists. But he is also a realist. As the population has exploded in the American Southwest, finds have been discovered at a rapid pace. Inaction is not possible.
As in all his books, Childs just wraps himself around this subject, seeming to inhabit every topic and area. He has such passion and drive and he takes his reader along like a seasoned expert, and all is draped in remarkable prose.
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