"This volume documents the lives and work of pioneering women archaeologists in the southeastern United States from the 1920s through the 1960s, portraying their professional accomplishments in the context of their personal lives. Some of the women are working today, and they either wrote their own stories or were interviewed. Others are no longer living; their biographies are gleaned from archival research. This book includes the story of African-American women excavators on WPA crews during the Great Depression; tales of innovative lab work, adventurous fieldwork, and public archaeology;…
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Editions
1 edition
Hardcover · English · 1999
University Press of Florida · 392 pages · 9780813016863
Indians of North AmericaHistoryWomen archaeologistsAntiquitiesBiographyArchaeologyArchaeologistsIndians of north america, antiquities
