Grit-Tempered Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States

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. Rich with humor, tragedy, and important information for the history of anthropology and archeology 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 archeology; and provocative discussions of women in archeology and of gender in the archeological record.White, Nancy Marie is the author of 'Grit-Tempered Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States' with ISBN 9780813021010 and ISBN 0813021014.