Discourses on the History of Archaeology
Death in the Afternoon: Honduras, Hemingway, and Duncan Strong
Abstract
Archaeologist William Duncan Strong and author Ernest Hemingway are both known for the exemplary works they produced in their respective fields. Most people don't know the shared similarities in the parallel lives of these two men, and the greater social forces that shaped them. This essay takes a Hemingway-like approach to the life of Duncan Strong, using excerpts from Strong's expedition to Honduras in 1933 to draw analogy with the publicly renowned life of Ernest Hemingway.
Published on Nov 24, 2002
Peer Reviewed