Ladies of the field : early women archaeologists and their search for adventure / Amanda Adams.
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Adams, Amanda, 1976- (författare)
- ISBN 1553654331
- Publicerad: Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2010
- Engelska 228 s.
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
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- Field notes -- The Nile's grand dame: Amelia Edwards, 1831-1892 -- All dressed up in a man's suit: Jane Dieulafoy, 1851-1916 -- Mexico's archaeological queen: Zelia Nuttall, 1857-1933 -- O, desert tiger!: Gertrude Bell, 1868-1926 -- Just like a volcano: Harriet Boyd Hawes, 1871-1945 -- Archaeology's big detective: Agatha Christie, 1890-1976 -- Like a glass of stony white wine: Dorothy Garrod, 1892-1968 -- Epilogue: Excavations.
- Adams chronicles the contributions that women have made to the science of archaeology, by focusing on seven women-- some famous, some overlooked.
Ämnesord
- Women archaeologists -- Biography. (LCSH)
- Women archaeologists -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- Women adventurers -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- Kvinnliga arkeologer -- historia (sao)
- Kvinnliga äventyrare -- historia (sao)
- 1800-talet (sao)
Genre
- Biografier (saogf)
Personnamn
- Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892
- Dieulafoy, Jane, 1851-1916.
- Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933.
- Bell, Gertrude, 1868-1926
- Hawes, Harriet Boyd, 1871-1945
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
- Garrod, D. A. E. (Dorothy Anne Elizabeth), 1892-1968
Klassifikation
- CC110 (LCC)
- 930.10922 (DDC)
- J (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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