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Amanda Adams
Adams during a book signing event, 2010
Born	(1976-09-12) September 12, 1976 (age 48)
Education	University of California, Berkeley, University of British Columbia
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology
Thesis	Visions Cast on Stone

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. It received a starred review in Booklist. Her second book, Ladies of the Field, details the adventurous lives of early, female archaeologists.

Publications

• Adams, Amanda (2006), A mermaid's tale: a personal search for love and lore, Greystone Books, ISBN 978-1-55365-117-8
• Adams, Amanda (2010), Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure, Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN 978-1-55365-433-9

References

1. ^ Shulman, Polly (December 22, 2006). "A Model Archaeologist". AAAS. Science News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
2. Adams, Amanda Shea (2003), Visions cast on stone: a stylistic analysis of the petroglyphs of Gabriola Island, BC (dissertation), University of British Columbia. Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology (thesis), University of British Columbia, OCLC 606458277
3. "A Mermaid's Tale". Booklist. ALA. September 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
4. ^ Arrieta, Julio (May 25, 2014). "La reina del desierto". El Correo. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
5. ^ Arrieta, Julio (May 24, 2013). "La arqueóloga peligrosa". El Correo. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
6. "Ladies of the Field: Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure". Publishers Weekly. August 9, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

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

• 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