1.   An archeologist could have a field day here.

2.   But other archeologists have trouble envisioning how even drought, balkanization and warfare could make an entire civilization evacuate.

3.   But until now, archeologists have had few opportunities to investigate the incense-growing regions of this ancient land, which included present-day Yemen and part of Oman.

4.   Dates and numbers based solely on genetic evidence are unlikely to be fully accepted until historians and archeologists have had their say.

5.   For example, you might think archeologists have the best gig going, looking for buried treasures.

6.   Only an archeologist would have the answer.

7.   Until Ryan and Pitman advanced their hypothesis, archeologists had little reason to believe the preflood Black Sea shore was particularly hospitable.