Here’s a little-known fact about archeology: After all the excavating and recording is done, archeologists spent their nights drinking and fucking.

An excavation is like a naughty sleepaway camp. You’re trapped far away from civilization with dozens of people who share your interests, no television, and too much alcohol. Sex is inevitable.

MAs dig director, though, I rarely partake. I have to set an example. But I’m aware of the undergrads and grad students sneaking away for drunken sex, and I’m incredibly jealous. I’m in my 30s and blessedly single, but I have a grown woman’s needs, and I’ve spent too many nights frantically rubbing my clit alone in my tent.

My dig is a site in Chile’s Atacama Desert. This last season, one of our trenches was finally... Read More