A White-Bearded Plainsman: The Memoirs of Archaeologist W. Raymond Wood

W. Raymond Wood played a leading role in the early days of Great Plains archaeology. In A White—Bearded Plainsman, he tells how his own career emerged, as the discipline of Plains archaeology developed during the post—World War II era. Readers will learn of the childhood influences that lead Wood to pursue the path of archaeologist, and of the events and people that shaped his professional life. In addition to telling Wood’s personal story, the book provides an intellectual history of the d...