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WHERE A LOVE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND READING MEET
What are you reading?...and what would you recommend for a blog that relates archaeology to fiction? Recently, I was talking to colleagues that work for tribal governments (either as consultants or directly employed within cultural resource protection programs) and two, long-standing New York Times Bestselling, mystery series came up: Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon and Tony Hillerman's (carried on by his daughter, Anne Hillerman) Leaphorn and Chee novels. Well, having never heard of these I had to find out more! Anna Pigeon, Park Ranger. It may come as no surprise that a former National Park Service archaeologist, that's now a tribal archaeologist, would recommend Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series since it features a park ranger sleuth who travels around the U.S. to various parks and historic places. One of the things that got this archaeologist excited about the series was that in one of the books a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) was mentioned. An actual THPO! :D This series has 19 books so far and takes the reader from the Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas) in Track the Cat (published 1993) to Acadia National Park (Maine) in Boar Island (published in 2016). Nevada Barr was a law enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, herself, and was inspired by her experiences to become a novelist. Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee. Tribal Investigators. As a desert kid growing up in Southern Arizona with family living in Tucson and Albuquerque, I'm not sure how Tony Hillerman has escaped me 'til now. With 30 novels, 18 being the famous Navajo tribal police duo Leaphorn and Chee mysteries (of which 3 have been adapted by PBS), 12 nonfiction works, and an interactive website hosted by the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico Libraries, to say Hillerman has had an illustrious writing career is an understatement. He has been especially regarded for using ethnographic and anthropological research to write the Leaphorn and Chee detective novel series, representing racial struggles, and advocating for Native American rights. With his daughter Anne Hillerman continuing the Diné detective series, I've got my work cut out for me! Now where to start... I have hyper-linked to sources where appropriate/available. All links and sources were electronically accessed April 13, 2019.
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