First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert
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Elektronische Ressource
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Ort:
Oxford
Date:
[2022]
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.
Cover -- The First Black Archaeologist -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Out of the Ashes -- 1 Nursed in the Arms of Poverty -- 2 This Young Man Deserves Special Mention -- 3 Nothing Less Than Glorious -- 4 The American School -- 5 No Stone Unturned -- 6 The Demes of Athens -- 7 Excavating Eretria -- 8 A Humble Worker in the Colored Ranks -- 9 Mutombo Katshi -- 10 The Old Veteran -- Conclusion: Enduring Spirit -- Appendix 1: The Birth Dates of Gilbert and His Family -- Appendix 2 John Wesley Gilbert and John Hope -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Cover -- The First Black Archaeologist -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Out of the Ashes -- 1 Nursed in the Arms of Poverty -- 2 This Young Man Deserves Special Mention -- 3 Nothing Less Than Glorious -- 4 The American School -- 5 No Stone Unturned -- 6 The Demes of Athens -- 7 Excavating Eretria -- 8 A Humble Worker in the Colored Ranks -- 9 Mutombo Katshi -- 10 The Old Veteran -- Conclusion: Enduring Spirit -- Appendix 1: The Birth Dates of Gilbert and His Family -- Appendix 2 John Wesley Gilbert and John Hope -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Object text:
John W.I. Lee
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