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


Biography

She attended
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, Department of Anthropology in the late 1990s and completed her degree with the Kroeber prize. She then obtained a master's degree in
archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...
from the
University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
, 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 mermaid legends from around the world. It received a
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in
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. Her second book, ''Ladies of the Field'', details the adventurous lives of early, female archaeologists.


Publications

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References


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


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Globe and Mail Review of Books; September 2, 2006

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1976 births Living people American women non-fiction writers American women archaeologists UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American archaeologists University of British Columbia alumni {{US-archaeologist-stub