Nancy Marie White – författare

Archaeology continually makes headlines--from recent discoveries like the frozen Copper-Age man in the Italian Alps to the newest dating of the first people in America at over 14,0000 years ago. Archaeology For Dummies offers a fascinating look at this intriguing field, taking readers on-site and revealing little-known details about some of the world''s greatest archaeological discoveries. It explores how archaeology attempts to uncover the lives of our ancestors, examining historical dig sites around the world and explaining theories about ancient human societies. The guide also offers helpful information for readers who want to participate in an excavation themselves, as well as tips for getting the best training and where to look for jobs.

Archaeology continually makes headlines--from recent discoveries like the frozen Copper-Age man in the Italian Alps to the newest dating of the first people in America at over 14,0000 years ago. Archaeology For Dummies offers a fascinating look at this intriguing field, taking readers on-site and revealing little-known details about some of the world''s greatest archaeological discoveries. It explores how archaeology attempts to uncover the lives of our ancestors, examining historical dig sites around the world and explaining theories about ancient human societies. The guide also offers helpful information for readers who want to participate in an excavation themselves, as well as tips for getting the best training and where to look for jobs.

Prehistoric Florida societies, particularly those of the peninsula, have been largely ignored or given only minor consideration in overviews of the Mississippian southeast (A.D. 1000-1600). This groundbreaking volume lifts the veil of uniformity frequently draped over these regions in the literature, providing the first comprehensive examination of Mississippi-period archaeology in the state.

Featuring contributions from some of the most prominent researchers in the field, this collection describes and synthesizes the latest data from excavations throughout Florida. In doing so, it reveals a diverse and vibrant collection of cleared-field maize farmers, part-time gardeners, hunter-gatherers, and coastal and riverine fisher/shellfish collectors who formed a distinctive part of the Mississipian southeast.

This volume documents the lives and work of pioneering womenarchaeologists in the southeastern United States from the 1920s through the1960s.

A landmark portrayal of pioneeringwomen in science, reissued on its 25th anniversary

Praise for the firstedition:

“Highlyrecommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of thediscipline.”—Choice

“Animportant addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringing tolight the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the many women whohelped to make archaeology what it is today.”—Bulletin of the History ofArchaeology

“Thisis a needed history, providing details both mundane and critical, personal andprofessional, feminist and archaeological.”—Journal of the History of theBehavioral Sciences

“Demonstrat[es]that each woman, regardless of how, when, or why she came to Southeasternarchaeology, has made significant contributions to the field, clearing the pathfor women today to pursue successful careers in archaeology.”—NorthAmerican Archaeologist

“Theregional focus lends an intimate and immediate quality to this series ofbiographical-historical narratives. . . . [It is] heartening to know that someamong us have thought to capture these women’s stories for others to tell inthe future and to provide a basis for better understanding how our roles andhistories influence our work as archaeologists.”—Journal of AnthropologicalResearch

“Thesefascinating brief portraits, variously based on documents, interviews, orautobiographical statements, reveal much of the changing circumstances in thecontext of which women’s work must be understood.”—National Women’s StudiesAssociation Journal

“Areadable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history ofSoutheastern archaeology.”—Journal of Alabama Archaeology

“Adelight to read, often humorous, sometimes sobering. It has much to offerreaders, ranging from the history of archaeology and the role of the WPA insoutheastern archaeology, to an intimate view of careers of influential womenin science, to discussions of the study of gender in history and archaeology.It is a volume to be read and shared.”—Arkansas Historical Quarterly

“Aneasily read, thought-provoking book.”—St. Augustine Archaeological AssociationQuarterly Book Review

Updatedwith a new preface on the 25th anniversary of its first publication, thisvolume documents the lives and work of pioneering women archaeologists in thesoutheastern United States from the 1920s through the 1960s. Some of thesewomen were working at the time of the book’s first publication in 1999, andthey either wrote their own stories or were interviewed. Others were no longerliving; their biographies are gleaned from archival research. Rich with humor,tragedy, and important information for the history of archaeology in the Southand beyond, as well as anthropology in general, this book includes the story ofAfrican 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 thearchaeological record.

The definitive archaeological record and what is known or speculated about the ancient Apalachicola and lower Chattahoochee Valley region of northwest Florida, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia In this meticulously researched volume, Nancy Marie White provides a major holistic synthesis of the archaeological record and what is known or surmised about the peoples of the Apalachicola and lower Chattahoochee Valley region of northwest Florida, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia. White transforms a neglected research area into a lively saga that spans the time of the first human settlement, around 14,000 years ago, through the Middle Woodland period, ending about AD 700.

White reveals that Paleoindian habitation was more extensive than once surmised. Archaic sites were widespread, and those societies persisted when the Ice Age ended 10,000 years ago. Pottery appeared in the Late Archaic period (before 4000 BP), and Early Woodland–period burial mounds demonstrate a flowering of religious and ritual systems. Middle Woodland societies expanded this mortuary ceremony, and the complex pottery of the Swift Creek and the early Weeden Island ceramic series show an increased fascination with the ornate and unusual. Yet, basic Native American lifeways continued with gathering-fishing-hunting subsistence traditions similar to those of their ancestors.

This volume and its companion form the definitive work on the Apalachicola–lower Chattahoochee Valley region for both scholars and general readers interested in Native Americans of the Southeast.