Background
Nelson, Sarah Milledge was born on November 29, 1931 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Stanley and Sarah Woodman (Franklin) M.
( This teaching novel is an archaeological suspense story...)
This teaching novel is an archaeological suspense story set in northeast China at a site that is called the Goddess Temple. Clara, protagonist of Nelson’s Spirit Bird Journey, begins work at an excavation at the Temple, only to discover the problems of contemporary looting, government meddling, and excavation interpersonal dynamics. Nelson’s story also describes the lifeways of the Neolithic people who used the temple thousands of years ago—their economy, social structure, gender relations, and religious rituals—through the eyes of a young woman living there. Written by a leading American archaeologist specializing in these topics, this volume is both a good read and good archaeology. An ideal starting point to introduce archaeology to college students.
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(This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, the...)
This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the archaeological work on gender reflects the extensive changes in the study of gender and archaeology over the past 8 years. New issues―such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy―enrich this edition while the author updates work on the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social structures, state development, and ideology. Nelson provides examples from gender-specific archaeological studies worldwide to examine such traditional myths as woman the gatherer, the goddess hypothesis, and the Amazon warriors, replacing them with a more nuanced, informed treatment of gender based on the latest research. She also examines the structure of the archaeology in her attempt to understand and change a discipline that has made women all but invisible both as researchers and objects of research. Honored as a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book, Nelson's work will continue to be the benchmark for archaeologists interested in gender as a subject of research and in the profession.
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(This book is a compilation of the papers about Korean Neo...)
This book is a compilation of the papers about Korean Neolithic written by Professor Nelson over the course of her career in East Asian archaeology. The first section deals with plant and animal domestication in Korea. The second part concerns ways to identify the functions of artifacts. The next papers discuss tribes, lineages, the division of labor, and gender. Comparisons of Korean Neolithic with sites elsewhere in Asia help to place Korean sites in their regional setting. The book ends with some thoughts about Korean archaeology in the past and the future of Korean.
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( A vivid account of the prehistory and history of Denver...)
A vivid account of the prehistory and history of Denver as revealed in its archaeological record, Denver: An Archaeological History invites us to imagine Denver as it once was. Around 12,000 B.C., groups of leather-clad Paleoindians passed through the juncture of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, following the herds of mammoth or buffalo they hunted. In the Archaic period, people rested under the shade of trees along the riverbanks, with baskets full of plums as they waited for rabbits to be caught in their nearby snares. In the early Ceramic period, a group of mourners adorned with yellow pigment on their faces and beads of eagle bone followed Cherry Creek to the South Platte to attend a funeral at a neighboring village. And in 1858, the area was populated by the crude cottonwood log shacks with dirt floors and glassless windows, the homes of Denver's first inhabitants. For at least 10,000 years, Greater Denver has been a collection of diverse lifeways and survival strategies, a crossroads of interaction, and a locus of cultural coexistence. Setting the scene with detailed descriptions of the natural environment, summaries of prehistoric sites, and archaeologists' knowledge of Denver's early inhabitants, Nelson and her colleagues bring the region's history to life. From prehistory to the present, this is a compelling narrative of Denver's cultural heritage that will fascinate lay readers, amateur archaeologists, professional archaeologists, and academic historians alike.
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(Sarah Nelson's book surveys Korean prehistory from the ea...)
Sarah Nelson's book surveys Korean prehistory from the earliest paleolithic settlers, perhaps half a million years ago, through the formation of the Three Kingdoms and on to the creation of United Silla in AD 668, when the peninsula was largely united for the first time. The author treats the development of state-level societies and their relationship to polities in Japan and China, and the development of a Korean ethnic identity. Emphasizing the particular features of the region, the author dispels the notion that the culture and traditions of Korea are pale imitations of those of its neighbors, China and Japan.
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( Sarah Nelson’s teaching novel follows Clara, a Korean-A...)
Sarah Nelson’s teaching novel follows Clara, a Korean-American archaeologist, to an excavation in her ancestral homeland. The story recounts her experiences as a field archaeologist and as a young woman caught between two cultures. Nelson also tells the story of Flyingbird and the Neolithic people who lived in the mound Clara is excavating. Addressing issues of gender, shamanism, ethnic identity, and Neolithic culture, and written by a leading American archaeologist specializing in these topics, this volume is both a good read and good archaeology. An ideal starting point to introduce archaeology to college students.
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(Sarah Milledge Nelson takes on the formidable task of att...)
Sarah Milledge Nelson takes on the formidable task of attempting the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the flood of archaeological work on gender. She examines the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social formations, state development, and ideology. Nelson provides examples from gender-specific archaeological studies worldwide to examine such traditional myths as woman the gatherer, the goddess hypothesis, and the Amazon warriors, replacing them with a more nuanced, informed treatment of gender based on the latest research. She also examines the structure of the archaeological discipline in her attempt to understand and change a discipline that has made women all but invisible both as researchers and objects of research. Nelson's book is a benchmark work for all archaeologists working on or interested in gender and points the way toward fruitful avenues for further research.
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Nelson, Sarah Milledge was born on November 29, 1931 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Stanley and Sarah Woodman (Franklin) M.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1953; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1973.
Instructor archaeology University Maryland extension, Seoul, Republic Korea, 1970-1971. Assistant professor University Denver, 1974-1979, associate professor, 1979-1985, professor archaeology, 1985—2004, research professor, since 2004, chair department anthropology, 1985-1995, director women's studies program, 1985-1987, John Evans professor, director Asian studies, 1996, vice provost for research, 1998—2002, interim vice provost graduate studies and research, 2001—2002. Visiting assistant professor University Colorado, Boulder, 1974.
Resident Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy, 1996, national speaker, Archeological Institute American, since 2009.
(Sarah Nelson's book surveys Korean prehistory from the ea...)
(Sarah Nelson's book surveys Korean prehistory from the ea...)
(This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, the...)
( A vivid account of the prehistory and history of Denver...)
(Sarah Milledge Nelson takes on the formidable task of att...)
(This book is a compilation of the papers about Korean Neo...)
( This teaching novel is an archaeological suspense story...)
( Sarah Nelson’s teaching novel follows Clara, a Korean-A...)
(Part One of Nelson's _Handbook of Gender in Archaeology._)
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Active Earthwatch, 1989. Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member Society of America Archaeology, Association Asian Studies, Royal Asiatic Society, Sigma Xi (secretary-treasurer 1978-1979), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Harold Stanley Nelson, July 25, 1953. Children: Erik Harold, Mark Milledge, Stanley Franklin.