Amanda Adams Explained

Amanda Adams
Birth Date:	12 September 1976
Fields:	Archaeology
Education:	University of California, Berkeley, University of British Columbia
Thesis Title:	Visions Cast on Stone
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Amanda Adams (born September 12, 1976) is an American author and archaeologist. She is also a former fashion model and was featured in the 1996 Buffalo Jeans campaign.

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.

Adams' first book. A Mermaid's Tale, was about the mermaid legends from around the world.^[1] It received a starred review in Booklist.^[2] Her second book, Ladies of the Field, details the adventurous lives of early, female archaeologists.^[3]

Publications

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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

External links

• "Hot 20 Under 40" for San Francisco
• Dmpibooks.com
• Globe and Mail Review of Books; September 2, 2006
• Sciencecareers.sciencemag.org

Notes and References

1. News: Shulman . Polly . A Model Archaeologist . 13 April 2015 . Science News . AAAS . 22 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150413191607/http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2006_12_22/nodoi.6521714672264342508 . 13 April 2015 . live .
2. News: A Mermaid's Tale . 13 April 2015 . ALA . Booklist . 15 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161102133043/http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=1750955&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 2 November 2016 . live .
3. News: Ladies of the Field: Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure . 13 April 2015 . Publishers Weekly . 9 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130409/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55365-433-9 . 4 March 2016 . live .
4. News: Arrieta . Julio . La reina del desierto . 13 April 2015 . El Correo . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426005117/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20140425/mas-actualidad/sociedad/reina-desierto-201404242232.html . 26 April 2014 . live .
5. News: Arrieta . Julio . La arqueóloga peligrosa . 13 April 2015 . El Correo . 24 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607161334/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20130524/mas-actualidad/sociedad/arqueologa-peligrosa-201305231942.html . 7 June 2013 . live .