Amanda Adams

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'''Amanda Adams''' is an American author and archaeologist.<ref name=Shulman /> She is also a former fashion model and was featured in the 1996 Buffalo Jeans campaign.<ref name=Shulman/>

==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''.<ref name=Adams2003>{{citation|last=Adams|first=Amanda Shea|year=2003|title=Visions cast on stone: a stylistic analysis of the petroglyphs of Gabriola Island, BC|publisher=University of British Columbia|series=University of British Columbia. Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology (thesis)|type=dissertation|oclc=606458277}}</ref>

Adams' first book. ''A Mermaid's Tale'', was about the mermaid legends from around the world.<ref name=Shulman>{{cite news|last1=Shulman |first1=Polly |title=A Model Archaeologist |url=http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2006_12_22/nodoi.6521714672264342508 |accessdate=13 April 2015 |agency=Science News |publisher=AAAS |date=22 December 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413191607/http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2006_12_22/nodoi.6521714672264342508 |archivedate=13 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> It received a starred review in Booklist.<ref name=Booklist>{{cite news|title=A Mermaid's Tale |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=1750955&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |accessdate=13 April 2015 |agency=ALA |publisher=Booklist |date=15 September 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102133043/http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=1750955&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archivedate=2 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her second book, ''Ladies of the Field'', details the adventurous lives of early, female archaeologists.<ref name=ArrietaJ/><ref name=Arieta/><ref name=PW>{{cite news|title=Ladies of the Field: Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55365-433-9 |accessdate=13 April 2015 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=9 August 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130409/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55365-433-9 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Publications== * {{citation | last=Adams | first=Amanda | year=2006 | title=A mermaid's tale: a personal search for love and lore | publisher=Greystone Books | isbn=978-1-55365-117-8 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/mermaidstale00aman }} * {{citation | last=Adams | first=Amanda | year=2010 | title=Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure | publisher=Douglas & McIntyre | isbn=978-1-55365-433-9 }}<ref name=ArrietaJ>{{cite news|last1=Arrieta |first1=Julio |title=La reina del desierto |url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20140425/mas-actualidad/sociedad/reina-desierto-201404242232.html |accessdate=13 April 2015 |publisher=El Correo |date=25 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426005117/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20140425/mas-actualidad/sociedad/reina-desierto-201404242232.html |archivedate=26 April 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Arieta>{{cite news|last1=Arrieta |first1=Julio |title=La arqueóloga peligrosa |url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20130524/mas-actualidad/sociedad/arqueologa-peligrosa-201305231942.html |accessdate=13 April 2015 |publisher=El Correo |date=24 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607161334/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20130524/mas-actualidad/sociedad/arqueologa-peligrosa-201305231942.html |archivedate=7 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== 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== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091011113233/http://www.7x7.com/content/e/hot-20-2009-amanda-adams-archaeologist-and-founder-loki "Hot 20 Under 40" for San Francisco] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015204405/http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/ladies-of-the-field Dmpibooks.com] * [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060902.BKMERM02/TPStory/Entertainment/Books Globe and Mail Review of Books; September 2, 2006] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070910005022/http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2006_12_22/a_model_archaeologist/ Sciencecareers.sciencemag.org]

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