The Sampling Was Done in the Field: JEA as Scholar and Mentor in Context

Summary

This is an abstract from the "AD 1150 to the Present: Ancient Political Economy to Contemporary Materiality—Archaeological Anthropology in Honor of Jeanne E. Arnold" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper examines and celebrates the scholarship of Jeanne Arnold within her life as a friend, colleague, and mentor. Coming of age in a decidedly masculine and sometimes antagonistic era of California archaeology, Jeanne emerged as a leading and respected scholar in the study of complex hunter-gatherer-fishers. In this environment, and maybe in response to it, she approached data collection and analysis with methods that were extraordinarily careful, rigorous, and precise. In both mundane and profound ways, Jeanne personified these same qualities herself, applying similar levels of meticulousness and tenacity in her other roles as professor and mentor as she did to her fieldwork and analysis. In this paper, I consider the ways that Jeanne’s methodological dispositions, personality, and personhood were intertwined, and I invite attendees to consider this exceptional archaeologist’s influence on a more personal level. With this, I hope to promote a more holistic perspective on academic legacies and encourage an examination of the diverse lasting impacts each of us has on the field and on each other.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• AD 1150 to the Present: Ancient Political Economy to Contemporary Materiality—Archaeological Anthropology in Honor of Jeanne E. Arnold   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39066.0