There are many issues raised that warrant serious thought by all of us concerned with understanding the past."- Jefferson Chapman, director, Frank H. Combines humor, personal history, and serious anthropology in a balanced way without becoming a male-bashing polemic. Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline."-Choice "An important historical perspective on the formative years 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. Kwas, Bulletin of the History of Archaeology "A readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of southeastern archaeology. "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.
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