Synopses & Reviews
Husband and wife archaeologists Florence C. and Robert H. Lister and their two children traveled the archaeological world from 1940 to 1990. They produced numerous respected studies in the field of Southwestern archaeology and ceramics.
Pot Luck, however, takes the Lister bibliography in a new a direction. Written in the years following Robert Lister's death in 1990,
Pot Luck describes professional archaeology in personal terms, offering lively portraits of premier archaeologists and archaeological expeditions alongside vignettes of the Lister children at play and the Lister marriage at work.
Pot Luck follows the Listers on expeditions in Mexico, the Middle East, Spain, and the Southwest. Lister offers a happy mix of expert knowledge, professional experience, personal reflection, and wonderful writing.
Synopsis
The doyenne of southwestern American archaeology offers a personal view of the last half century. While many of the faces and names conjured up in the personal side of this book may be of purely local interest, Florence Lister's view of ceramic analysis is more wide-reaching, she was a pioneer of the social approach to ceramic studies. Her attitude towards the role of women in archaeology is less complex, principally comprising an A-C classification based on thei relative degree of masculinity/feminity.
Synopsis
A lighthearted account of fifty years of archaeological fieldwork, and a serious look at the worldwide role of ceramics in cultural understanding.
About the Author
Florence C. Lister is a distinguished archaeologist and historian of archaeology who lives in Mancos, Colorado.