Death by Theory: A Tale of Mystery and Archaeological Theory

A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual about it. . . except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests — avaricious land owners, hungry media, and a cult of goddess worshippers— while investigating one of the finds of the century. In untangling the mystery of the Washington Venus, Hannah and Sean have to confront questions of archaeological evidenc…