First Black Archaeologist - A Life of John Wesley Gilbert

This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.

List of contents

• Foreword: Dr. Mallory Millender, Paine College


• Acknowledgements


• Abbreviations


• List of Figures


• List of Maps


• Introduction: Out of the Ashes


• 1. Nursed in the Arms of Poverty


• 2. This Young Man Deserves Special Mention


• 3. Nothing Less Than Glorious


• 4. The American School


• 5. No Stone Unturned


• 6. The Demes of Athens


• 7. Excavating Eretria


• 8. A Humble Worker in the Colored Ranks


• 9. Mutombo Katshi


• 10. The Old Veteran


• Conclusion: Enduring Spirit


• Appendix 1: The Birthdates of Gilbert and his Family


• Appendix 2: John Wesley Gilbert and John Hope


• Bibliography

About the author

John W.I. Lee is Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His previous publications include A Greek Army on the March (Cambridge University Press) and The Persian Empire (The Great Courses/The Teaching Company).

Summary

This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.

Additional text

Lee masterfully reconnects Gilbert with his era…and cohesively argues for 'the centrality of both Classics and Christianity in the black intellectual tradition'... A significantly interesting study, The First Black Archaeologist goes far beyond...earlier work by connecting Gilbert to a religious and an intellectual lineage, as well as to a community heritage in Augusta and at Paine College.

Product details

• Authors: John W. I. Lee, John W.i. Lee, John W.i. (Associate Professor Lee, John W.i. (Associate Professor of History Lee, Lee John W.I.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780197578995
• ISBN: 978-0-19-757899-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th Century, EDUCATION / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, History of Education, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas