Throw Me a Bone: What Happens When You Marry an Archaeologist

by Eleanor Lothrop

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244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1948

Reviews

[Matt Kelland]

This was a hoot from start to finish. The genteel memoir meets the realities of being a digger in some inhospitable places. Mishap after mishap abounds, there are infuriating hurdles and disappointments at every turn, and yet the whole adventure is suffused with fun and excitement. Utterly glorious.

[Hope Irvin Marston]

I read this book when I was a high school library aide in the early fifties. (It was published in 1948.) All I remembered was that it was fun to read and it was about an anthropologist couple. A few decades ago when I was teaching a writing workshop, I mentioned it and how much I liked it. At the next class one of my students brought me a copy from his retired librarian/mother's attic. I put it on one of my bookshelves and there it remained until this past week. It was fun rereading it. This author knew how to put the reader right there observing the action. Intriguing.

[Jonna Higgins-Freese]

Wryly funny memoir by the wife of an archaeologist in the 1940s.

[JESSE]

A nice time capsule of early 20th century archaeological work (as well as the social views of mid-upper class Americans of the time). Follows three main archaeological projects, though most of the focus is on the living conditions and interactions with local populations through the author's eyes. There are parts of the book that haven't aged well, but with that detachment it's an interesting glimpse into less-classical literature of the first half of the 20th century.