The First Black Archaeologist. A Life of John Wesley Gilbert, Hardback/***

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. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): John W.I. (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara) Lee Illustration(s): 30 illustrations Number of pages: 432 Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 169 x 246 x 41 Cover type: Hardback