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This was a pretty interesting read for someone interested in ancient history and archeology in America with just a little self-taught knowledge. It is a tale of peopling that in North America extends our cultural perspective back at least twelve thousand years, a story that Sharman Apt Russell brings to vibrant, contentious life as it is enacted today, revealing past and present alike. A history of archaeology in America, written with clear-eyed wit and grace, the author's book takes the study of our ancestors out of the museum and shows us the immediate, human implications of our forays into the past.