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Name
  
Sarah Nelson


Role
  
Archaeologist

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Education
  
University of Michigan, Wellesley College

Books
  
Gender in archaeology, Spirit bird journey, The archaeology of Korea, Shamanism and the origin of s, Jade Dragon

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Sarah Milledge Nelson (born 1931) is an American archaeologist and a professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, United States.

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Nelson was raised in Florida and obtained her PhD from the University of Michigan in 1973. Nelson is known for her research on the archaeology of East Asia, in particular Korea and northeast China. She has also conducted extensive research in the archaeology of gender and Hongshan culture.

Education

  • B.A., Biblical History, Wellesley College, 1953;
  • M.A., Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1969;
  • Ph.D., Anthropology (Archaeology), University of Michigan, 1973

    • Career

    Sarah Milledge Nelson is currently a Professor of East Asian Archaeology, European Archaeology and Archaeology of Gender at the University of Denver. Her past positions held include:

  • 1979–1985, University of Denver, Associate Professor;
  • 1974–1979, University of Denver, Assistant Professor;
  • 1974, University of Colorado, Boulder, Visiting Assistant Professor;
  • 1971, University of Maryland, Far East Division, (Korea), Instructor;
  • 1970, University of Denver, Part-time Instructor

    • Publications

  • Nelson, Sarah Milledge, editor, The Archaeology of Northeast China. Routledge Press, London, England, 1995;
  • Nelson, Margaret, Sarah M. Nelson and Alison Wylie, editors, Equity Issues for Women in Archaeology, American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, 1994;
  • 1993, Archaeology of Korea. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England;
  • 1990, "Diversity of the Upper Paleolithic "Venus" Figurines and Archaeological Mythology," in Powers of Observation, Alternative Views in Archaeology. S.M. Nelson and Alice B. Kehoe, eds., pp. 11–22;
  • 1990, "Neolithic Sites in Northeastern China and Korea," Antiquity, 64: 234–48. (also translated into Chinese)

    • References

    Sarah Milledge Nelson Wikipedia
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