While it is certain that its residents grew corn and beans, such coastal resources as fish and shellfish were also clearly vital to their economy.

Mound sites like Irene were quite common in the Georgia Piedmont but rare on the Georgia coast. Although the date is uncertain, it likely had been abandoned before Europeans began visiting the coast of Georgia. 1100-1350) but also was occupied in the Late Mississippian period (A.D. Irene was occupied primarily during the Middle Mississippian period (A.D. Its importance rests on the fact that it was the most completely excavated mound site in Georgia. The site, however, was almost completely excavated by professional archaeologists from 1937 to 1940 as part of the Works Progress Administration, or WPA, archaeological excavations conducted in many places across Georgia. This group biography shows for the first time how women made contributions in every niche that the archaeology of the region had to offer.The Irene mounds were located five miles northwest of downtown Savannah in Chatham County, and are now completely destroyed they lie under the ship docks controlled by the Georgia Ports Authority. McClung Museum, Knoxville, TennesseeWe who are women in southeastern archaeology have always known that without the work of women it would never have got done at all, never mind done as well as it has been. There are many issues raised that warrant serious thought by all of us concerned with understanding the past.- Jefferson Chapman, director, Frank H. Combines humor, personal history, and serious anthropology in a balanced way without becoming a male-bashing polemic. Highly recommended for any archaeologist interested in the history of the discipline.-ChoiceAn important historical perspective on the formative years of southeastern archaeology. It convinced me that, even though some women were treated in ways which today would be regarded as highly exploitative or discriminatory, many of their experiences were similar to those of male archaeologists, and that women have made equally important contributions to southeastern archaeology.- Janet Rafferty, Journal of Alabama ArchaeologyEditors and contributors successfully walk a fine line between discussing individual accomplishments of these women and pointing out some of the obstacles that stood in the way of females attempting to navigate their way through a discipline dominated largely by males. Kwas, Bulletin of the History of ArchaeologyA readable book that provides a lot of interesting material on the history of southeastern archaeology. 'item_description' : 'An important addition to the history of southeastern archaeology, bringing to light the often undervalued or forgotten contributions of the many women who helped to make archaeology what it is today.- Mary L.

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