Grit-Tempered Early Women
Archaeologists in Edited
by Nancy Marie White, Lynne P. Sullivan, and Rochelle A.
Marrinan 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.
Written with humor, tragedy, and important information
for the history of anthropology and archaeology in the
South and beyond, 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; and
provocative discussions of women in archaeology and of
gender in the archaeological record. Contents 1. Women in Southeastern U.S. Archaeology, by Nancy Marie White 2. Margaret E. Ashley: Georgia's First Professional Archaeologist, by Frank T. Schnell, Jr. 3. Isabel Garrard Patterson: Advocate for Georgia Archaeology, by R. Jerald Ledbetter 4. Madeline D. Kneberg Lewis: Leading Lady of Tennessee Archaeology, by Lynne P. Sullivan 5. Black and White Women at Irene Mound, by Cheryl Claassen 6. The Life and Times of Bettye J. Broyles: "I Did a Man's Work for Thirty Years," by Hester A. Davis 7. Best Supporting Actress? The Contributions of Adelaide K. Bullen, by Rochelle A. Marrinan 8. Yulee W. Lazarus: From Avocational to Professional in Northwest Florida, by Nancy Marie White 9. This Ain't the English Department: A Memoir of Becoming an Archaeologist in the 1950s at Florida State University, by Carol I. Mason 10. Hester A. Davis: A Legend in Public Archaeology, by Nancy Marie White 11. Martha Ann Rolingson: From Paleo Points to Platform Mounds, by Nancy Marie White 12. Elizabeth S. Wing: A Patient but Persistent Vision, by Rochelle A. Marrinan 13. From the Hilly Flanks of the Fertile Crescent to the Eastern Woodlands of North America, by Patty Jo Watson 14. Grit-Tempered Women, by the editors 15. Reflections and Speculations on Putting Women into Southeastern Archaeology, by Nancy Marie White Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series Nancy Marie White is associate professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Lynne P. Sullivan is
associate scientist in archaeology, New York State
Museum, Albany. Rochelle A. Marrinan is associate
professor of anthropology at Florida State University,
Tallahassee.
|
"An important
addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringing to light
the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the many women who
helped to make archaeology what it is today."—Mary L. Kwas, Bulletin
of the History of Archaeology "A readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of southeastern archaeology. It convinced me that, even though some women were treated in ways which today would be regarded as highly exploitative or discriminatory, many of their experiences were similar to those of male archaeologists, and that women have made equally important contributions to southeastern archaeology."—Janet Rafferty, Journal of Alabama Archaeology "Editors and contributors successfully walk a fine line between discussing individual accomplishments of these women and pointing out some of the obstacles that stood in the way of females attempting to navigate their way through a discipline dominated largely by males. . . . Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline."--Choice "An
important historical perspective on the formative years
of southeastern archaeology. . . . Combines humor,
personal history, and serious anthropology in a balanced
way without becoming a male-bashing polemic. There are
many issues raised that warrant serious thought by all of
us concerned with understanding the past."—Jefferson
Chapman, director, Frank H. McClung Museum, Knoxville,
Tennessee "We who are women in southeastern archaeology have always known that without the work of women it would never have got done at all, never mind done as well as it has been. This group biography shows for the first time how women made contributions in every niche that the archaeology of the region had to offer."—Patricia Galloway, Mississippi Department of Archives
Titles of Related Interest: For
our complete list of archaeology titles, |
