Sullivan is curator of archaeology at the Frank H. Nancy Marie White is associate professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Rich 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. Others are no longer living their biographies are gleaned from archival research. Some of the women are working today, and they either wrote their own stories or were interviewed. 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. 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 '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. 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. 'An important historical perspective on the formative years of southeastern archaeology. Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline.'- Choice '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.

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 'A readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of southeastern archaeology. Kwas, Bulletin of the History of 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.

Grit-Tempered by Nancy Marie White