Amanda Adams (born September 12, 1976) is an American author and archaeologist.[1] She is also a former fashion model and was featured in the 1996 Buffalo Jeans campaign.[1]

Biography

She attended University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology in the late 1990s and completed her degree with the Kroeber prize. She then obtained a master's degree in archaeology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Her thesis was titled Visions Cast on Stone, abstracts were published in the journal The Midden.[2]

Adams' first book. A Mermaid's Tale, was about the mermaid legends from around the world.[1] It received a starred review in Booklist.[3] Her second book, Ladies of the Field, details the adventurous lives of early, female archaeologists.[4][5][6]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c Shulman, Polly (December 22, 2006). "A Model Archaeologist". AAAS. Science News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Adams, Amanda Shea (2003), Visions cast on stone: a stylistic analysis of the petroglyphs of Gabriola Island, BC (dissertation), University of British Columbia. Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology (thesis), University of British Columbia, OCLC 606458277
  3. ^ "A Mermaid's Tale". Booklist. ALA. September 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Arrieta, Julio (May 25, 2014). "La reina del desierto". El Correo. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Arrieta, Julio (May 24, 2013). "La arqueóloga peligrosa". El Correo. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "Ladies of the Field: Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure". Publishers Weekly. August 9, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

Further reading

  • Booklist STARRED review; September 15, 2006
  • Visions Cast in Stone: The Petroglyphs of Gabriola Island, B.C. The Midden 216(2):2-9. Publication of the Archaeological Society of British Columbia
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Adams
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