About the Author

Jennifer R. Pournelle is an archaeologist and anthropologist who reconstructs the landscapes that surrounded ancient cities. Her work in Turkey, Iraq, and the Caucasus has been featured in Science magazine, The New York Times, and on The Discovery Channel, PBS/NOVA, and National Geographic Television. In a former life, she received numerous decorations for service as a United States Army officer and arms control negotiator, and directed reconstruction work in Iraq as a civilian. Pournelle won the South Carolina Poetry Initiative Book Prize for Excavations, A City Cycle.