Patty jo watson biography books
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Patty Jo Watson
American archaeologist (–)
Patty Jo Watson (April 26, – August 1, ) was an American archaeologist noted for her work on Pre-ColumbianNative Americans, especially in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky.[1] Her early investigations focused on the origins of agriculture and pastoralism in the nära East. Watson's contributions to the field of archaeology, particularly her work in the American Southeast, have left a lasting impact on the understanding of ancient human societies.
Watson was a Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis.[2] Until her retirement in , she was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Watson was born in Superior, Nebraska, on April 26, [4] In , Watson, a junior at Iowa State, transferred into a three-year master's program at the University
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Selected Publications
Watson, Patty Jo
Archaeology of the Mammoth Cave Area. New York: Academic Press.
Archaeological Ethnology in Western Iran. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
The razor's edge: Symbolic-structuralist archaeology and the expansion of archaeological inference, with comments by Michael Fotiadis. American Anthropologist
The origins of food production in Western Asia and Eastern North America. In L. Shane, O. Shane, and E. Cushing, eds. Quarternary Landscapes. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press.
Explaining the transition to agriculture. In D. Price and A. Gebauer, eds. Last Hunters-First Farmers. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research.
Archaeology, anthropology, and the culture concept. American Anthropologist
Of caves and shell mounds in West-Central Kentucky. In Of Caves and Shell Mounds. Co-edited with Kenneth Carstens. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
From the Hilly Flanks of the Fertile Crescent to the East
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Mother, wife, sister, daughter, aunt… These are the most common names describing women in the narratives of history. All titles with immeasurable significance and impact, but what names did they inscribe on other parts of their stories?
Threads of their identities can sometimes be pulled from the fabric of the past—letters, publications, or even artifacts. It is then we realize that stories of women were hidden not only in the shadows of society, but were obscured in the periphery of hindsight. The marks that women left on Mammoth Cave’s history are as obvious as the writing on the walls. We just have to shift our focus and look beneath the surface.
Women's Story
The story of women's role at Mammoth Cave dates back to prehistoric times when early Native Americans began venturing into the cave systems found in the area. The little that we know of these people comes from the archaeological evidence left behind and preserved in the caves for thousands of years.
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