![]() ![]() He starts at the boundaries - a trader from China's far west, a worker in the southern city of Shenzhen, a visit to the northeast border with North Korea - and works his way in. Hessler's book is like a collection of those core samples. "They are like words that can be recognized at a glance." ![]() "The dirt plugs reflect the meaning of what lies below," Hessler writes. Every core sample they remove is examined for signs of buried structures or artifacts that will help the archaeologists understand what's beneath the surface. ![]() Near the beginning of Peter Hessler's new book about China, Oracle Bones, an archaeology team drills small holes in a field in Anyang, looking for the walls of an ancient settlement. ![]()
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