Adventures in Archaeology: The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations Adventures in Archaeology: The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations OTHER ARTICLES Remnants of the curious and peculiar ways humankind has marked the archaeological landscape are abundant but often ignored: wrecked aircraft, abandoned airfields, old highway billboards, derelict boats, movie props, and deserted mining operations. In this book, archaeologist P.J. Capelotti explores places and things that people do not typically think of as archaeological sites and artifacts, introducing readers to the most extreme fieldwork taking place today. Capelotti shows that even seemingly ordinary objects from the recent past hold secrets about the cultural history of humans. He investigates the site where a stunt copy of the Orca, the fishing boat used in the movie Jaws, was stripped to pieces by fans--a revelation of the ways humans relate to popular culture. He takes readers to abandoned base camps near the ...
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