{"product_id":"field-man-life-as-a-desert-archaeologist-paperback","title":"Field Man: Life as a Desert Archaeologist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian D. Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eField Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the captivating memoir of renowned southwestern archaeologist Julian Dodge Hayden, a man who held no professional degree or faculty position but who camped and argued with a who's who of the discipline, including Emil Haury, Malcolm Rogers, Paul Ezell, and Norman Tindale. This is the personal story of a blue-collar scholar who bucked the conventional thinking on the antiquity of man in the New World, who brought a formidable pragmatism and \"hand sense\" to the identification of stone tools, and who is remembered as the leading authority on the prehistory of the Sierra Pinacate in northwestern Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e But \u003ci\u003eField Man\u003c\/i\u003e is also an evocative recollection of a bygone time and place, a time when archaeological trips to the Southwest were \"expeditions,\" when a man might run a Civilian Conservation Corps crew by day and study the artifacts of ancient peoples by night, when one could honeymoon by a still-full Gila River, and when a Model T pickup needed extra transmissions to tackle the back roads of Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e To say that Julian Hayden led an eventful life would be an understatement. He accompanied his father, a Harvard-trained archaeologist, on influential excavations, became a crew chief in his own right, taught himself silversmithing, married a \"city girl,\" helped build the Yuma Air Field, worked as a civilian safety officer, and was a friend and mentor to countless students. He also crossed paths with leading figures in other fields. Barry Goldwater and even Frank Lloyd Wright turn up in this wide-ranging narrative of a \"desert rat\" who was at once a throwback and--as he only half-jokingly suggests--ahead of his time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eField Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of years of interviews with Hayden conducted by his colleagues and friends Bill Broyles and Diane Boyer. It is introduced by noted southwestern anthropologist J. Jefferson Reid, and contains an epilogue by Steve Hayden, one of Julian's sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eField Man is the captivating memoir of renowned southwestern archaeologist Julian Dodge Hayden, a man who held no professional degree or faculty position but who camped and argued with the leading archaeologists of his time. This is the personal story of a blue-color scholar who bucked the conventional thinking on the antiquity of man in the New World, proving that he was at once a throwback and ahead of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA field archaeologist by avocation, \u003cb\u003eJulian Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-1998) began exploring and mapping the Sierra Pinacate in 1958. His pioneering work, innovative theories, lively curiosity, and distinctive personality made him legendary among southwestern scholars and desert rats. He was the author of three books and numerous scholarly articles, chapters, and reviews. He died in Tucson at the age of 87. \u003cb\u003eBill Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrgan Pipe Cactus National Monument: Where Edges Meet \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Our Sonoran Desert\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDry Borders: Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert\u003c\/i\u003e. A research associate with the University of Arizona's Southwest Center, he is also working to create a Sonoran Desert peace park on the Arizona-Sonora border. \u003cb\u003eDiane Boyer \u003c\/b\u003ehas worked as a photo archivist for public agencies for twenty years. She is co-author of \u003ci\u003eDamming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRepeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757863993632,"sku":"9780816515714","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/384819d518988f6d8129684707f6e26d.webp?v=1780113448","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/field-man-life-as-a-desert-archaeologist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}