The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert

The First Black Archaeologist

A Life of John Wesley Gilbert

2022 • 449 pages

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.


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