Grit-Tempered |
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| Editor:
| White, Nancy Marie
Sullivan, Lynne P.
Marrinan, Rochelle A. |
| Series title: | Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-8046-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2023 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.60 |
Book Description:
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A landmark portrayal of pioneering women in science, reissued on its 25th anniversary
Praise for the first edition:
"Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline."--Choice
"Animportant addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringingto light the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the manywomen who helped to make archaeology what...
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A landmark portrayal of pioneering women in science, reissued on its 25th anniversary
Praise for the first edition:
"Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline."--Choice
"Animportant addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringingto light the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the manywomen who helped to make archaeology what it is today."--Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
"Thisis a needed history, providing details both mundane and critical,personal and professional, feminist and archaeological."--Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
"Demonstrat[es]that each woman, regardless of how, when, or why she came toSoutheastern archaeology, has made significant contributions to thefield, clearing the path for women today to pursue successful careers inarchaeology."--North American Archaeologist
"Theregional focus lends an intimate and immediate quality to this seriesof biographical-historical narratives. . . . [It is] heartening to knowthat some among us have thought to capture these women's stories forothers to tell in the future and to provide a basis for betterunderstanding how our roles and histories influence our work asarchaeologists."--Journal of Anthropological Research
"Thesefascinating brief portraits, variously based on documents, interviews,or autobiographical statements, reveal much of the changingcircumstances in the context of which women's work must be understood."--National Women's Studies Association Journal
"A readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of Southeastern archaeology."--Journal of Alabama Archaeology
"Adelight to read, often humorous, sometimes sobering. It has much tooffer readers, ranging from the history of archaeology and the role ofthe WPA in southeastern archaeology, to an intimate view of careers ofinfluential women in science, to discussions of the study of gender inhistory and archaeology. It is a volume to be read and shared."--Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"An easily read, thought-provoking book."--St. Augustine Archaeological Association Quarterly Book Review
Updatedwith a new preface on the 25th anniversary of its first publication,this volume documents the lives and work of pioneering womenarchaeologists in the southeastern United States from the 1920s throughthe 1960s. Some of these women were working at the time of the book'sfirst publication in 1999, and they either wrote their own stories orwere interviewed. Others were no longer living; their biographies aregleaned from archival research. Rich with humor, tragedy, and importantinformation for the history of archaeology in the South and beyond, aswell as anthropology in general, this book includes the story of AfricanAmerican women excavators on WPA crews during the Great Depression;tales of innovative lab work, adventurous fieldwork, and publicarchaeology; and provocative discussions of women in archaeology and ofgender in the archaeological record.