Thirty Years into Yesterday

Wisconsin Bookwatch, June, 2005

Thirty Years Into Yesterday

Jefferson Reid & Stephanie Whittlesey

University of Arizona Press

355 South Euclid Avenue, Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719-6654

www.uapress.arizona.edu

0816524017 $35.00 1-800-426-3797

Co-written by the director of the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper from 1979 to 1992, Thirty Years Into Yesterday: A History Of Archaeology At Grasshopper Pueblo is a historical account of that major archaelogical project, and its field educational service which lasted for thirty years. The field school and also generated significant controversy even as it instructed scholars of international repute. Chapters break down major events in the field school's operation, and changes; a handful of black-and-white photographs, maps, and diagrams illustrate this thoughtful retrospective, and a detailed timeline of events allows for a unique at-a-glance perspective. Thirty Years Into Yesterday is a welcome and informative contribution to Arizona archaeology and history collections, as well as a fascinating case study of a complex archaeological field school and the intellectual debates it stimulated in the scientific community.