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An incisive history of early American archaeologyfrom reckless looting to professional scienceand the fields unfinished efforts to make amends today, told 'with passion, indignation, and a dash of suspense' (New York Times).American archaeology was forever scarred by an 1893 business proposition between cowboyturnedexcavator Richard Wetherill and socialitesturnedantiquarians Fred and Talbot Hyde. Wetherill had stumbled upon Mesa Verdes spectacular cliff dwellings and started selling artifacts, but with the Hydes money behind him, welltheres no telling what they might discover. Thus begins the Hyde Exploring Expedition, a nineyear venture into Utahs Grand Gulch and New Mexicos Chaco Canyon thatcoupled with other lessrestrained lootersso devastates Indigenous cultural sites across the American Southwest that Congress passes firstoftheirkind regulations to stop the carnage. As the money dries up, tensions rise, and a onceprofitable enterprise disintegrates, setting the stage for a tragic murder.Sins of the Shovel is a story of adventure and business gone wrong and how archaeologists today grapple with this complex heritage. Through the story of the Hyde Exploring Expedition, practicing archaeologist Rachel Morgan uncovers the uncomfortable links between commodity culture, contemporary ethics, and the broader political forces that perpetuate destructive behavior today. The result is an unsparing and evenhanded assessment of American archaeologys sins, past and present, and how the field is working toward atonement.
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