Nicholas Clapp Courtesy of Cristina Clapp Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Nicholas Clapp, a documentarian, author and amateur archaeologist who studied, filmed and wrote about the deserts of the world as a "modern-day Indiana Jones," has died. He was 89. Clapp lived in Anza Borrego State Park in Borrego Springs, California, and died Wednesday after a stroke, his daughter Cristina Clapp told The Hollywood Reporter.