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Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935-1939
Contributor(s): Davis, Hester A. (Author)
ISBN: 0873659112     ISBN-13: 9780873659116
Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- History | Native American
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 979.100
LCCN: 2008030906
Series: Peabody Museum Monographs
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.45 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
 
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Remembering Awatovi is the engaging story of a major archaeological expedition on the Hopi Reservation in northern Arizona. Centered on the large Pueblo village of Awatovi, with its Spanish mission church and beautiful kiva murals, the excavations are renowned not only for the data they uncovered but also for the interdisciplinary nature of the investigations. In archaeological lore they are also remembered for the diverse, fun-loving, and distinguished cast of characters who participated in or visited the dig.

Hester Davis's lively account--part history of archaeology, part social history--is told largely in the words of the participants, among whom were two of Davis's siblings, artist Penny Davis Worman and archaeologist Mott Davis. Life in the remote field camp abounded with delightful storytelling, delicious food, and good-natured high-jinks. Baths were taken in a stock tank, beloved camp automobiles were given personal names, and a double bed had to be trucked across the desert and up a mesa to celebrate a memorable wedding.

Remembering Awatovi is illustrated with over 160 portraits and photographs of camp life. Essays by Eric Polingyouma and Brian Fagan enrich the presentation.

Contributor Bio(s): Davis, Hester A.: - Hester A. Davis was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Professor Emerita of Archaeology at Arkansas State University. She served as the Arkansas State Archaeologist from the creation of the position, in 1967, until her retirement in 1999.