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Rancher Archaeologist: A Career in Two Different Worlds
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Sometimes childhood events can shape a person’s destiny. Such was the case for George Frison. His father’s accidental death meant that Frison was raised by his grandparents, thus experiencing life on a ranch instead of the small town childhood he otherwise would have had. He was fascinated by the wealth of prehistoric artifacts on the ranch; eventually, this interest prompted him to change his life’s course at age thirty-seven.
In this memoir, Frison shares his work and his atypical journey from rancher to professor and archaeologist. Herding cattle, chopping watering holes in sub-zero weather, and guiding hunters in the ... Read more
Sometimes childhood events can shape a person’s destiny. Such was the case for George Frison. His father’s accidental death meant that Frison was raised by his grandparents, thus experiencing life on a ranch instead of the small town childhood he otherwise would have had. He was fascinated by the wealth of prehistoric artifacts on the ranch; eventually, this interest prompted him to change his life’s course at age thirty-seven.
In this memoir, Frison shares his work and his atypical journey from rancher to professor and archaeologist. Herding cattle, chopping watering holes in sub-zero weather, and guiding hunters in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813293
SKU
V9781607813293
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Ref
99-15
About Unknown
George C. Frison is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He served as Wyoming’s first state archaeologist and as president of the Plains Anthropologist Society and the Society of American Archaeology. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications including Survival by Hunting, The Mill Iron Site, and Hell Gap: A Stratified Paleoindian Campsite at the ... Read more
Reviews for Rancher Archaeologist: A Career in Two Different Worlds
"Although focused on the High Plains, the book tells much about how good dirt and analytical archaeology ought to get done anywhere." –Don D. Fowler, Mamie Kleberg Professor of Historic Preservation and Anthropology Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno "George Frison is one of the leading prehistorians (if not the leading prehistorian) who has worked on the northern Plains, ... Read more