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INDIANA JEANS-IF YOU THINK ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE ALL STUFFY ACADEMICS DIGGING FOR ANCIENT URNS, CON­SIDER BRIT EATON. HIRED BY AMERICA'S TOP DESIGNERS, EATON EXCAVATES GHOST TOWNS FOR VINTAGE JEANS LOST IN ABANDONED BARNS, MINE SHAFTS AND TRAIN DEPOTS. FASHION ARCHAEOLOGY IS A REAL INDUSTRY-AND IT'S YIELDING HUNTERS LIKE EATON SERIOUS DOUGH. MICKEY RAPKIN MEETS EATON IN SOUTH DAKOTA TO GO ON A CURI­OUS BUT LUCRATIVE MISSION: DUMPSTER DIVING FOR DENIM. IVIVA VELOCIDAD!-\H CUBA, IMPOVERISHED MECHANIC...