Heading into the Desert

In a literary journey from the Sierra Madre to the sea, Júpiter Martínez guides us, between stories and scenes of daily life, through the astonishingand at times dangerousgeography of Sonora. This second volume in the series Archaeology in Extreme Conditions is a personal narrative that reveals further secrets of archaeological work. With ingenuity, audacity, and a great sense of humor, the author reminds us that the first step for undertaking archaeological work in an extreme environment is to learn to survive in it.