Description: In Unburied Lives Wilkie demonstrates how we can "listen" to stories found in things neglected, ignored, or disparaged--documents not consulted, architecture not studied, material traces preserved in the dirt.
Review Quotes: Examining materials recovered from six archaeological locales as well as orphaned collections, Wilkie uses the science of archaeology to flesh out the documentary accounts of military life at a frontier outpost. She weaves these elements into engaging stories of some of the Buffalo soldiers. The result is a fetching and entertaining study of Western history that illuminates and reinterprets a story often distorted by Hollywood movies and dime novels.--Mark Michel, American Archaeology