Carbon Century

Science fiction is a great deal like archaeology: it attempts to figure out the mystery of the future on the basis of the present, while archaeology attempts to figure out the mystery of the past on the basis of the present.

Brian Hayden in Archaeology: The Science of Once and Future Things (1993).

Summary

Carbon Century unfolds in the year 2015. Central to the story is the recovery of a prehistoric artefact buried near the western shore of Lake Eyre in the far north of South Australia. Settings for the narrative include Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills, the Clare Valley, Coober Pedy and Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges.

Carbon Century sample bag