Episode 030 - Zelia Nuttall | Anthropologist & Archeologist

Alternate Title: Terracotta Heads and the Island of Sacrifices

Emma tells Emlyn about the American anthropologist and archeologist, Zelia Nuttall, who spent her life studying remnants of ancient Mexican civilizations, and Emlyn tells Emma about #MeTooSTEM founder, Dr. McLaughlin, and Project PHaEDRA!

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Sources

Main Story - Zelia Nuttall

1. The Archaeologist Who Helped Mexico Find Glory in Its Indigenous Past. McNeil, Leila. Smithsonian.com. Nov 5, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archaeologist-who-helped-mexico-find-glory-its-past-180970700/
2. Ruiz, Carmen. Insiders and outsiders in Mexican archaeology (1890-1930). Diss. 2003. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/905
3. Zelia Nuttall: The Queen of Mexican Archeology https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/zelia-nuttall
4. Tozzer, Alfred M. Zelia Nuttall. American Anthropologist 35.3 (1933): 475-482. https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/aa.1933.35.3.02a00070 
5. Adams, Amanda. Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure.

Women who werk

Shoutout #1: Science article about Dr. McLaughlin. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/neuroscientist-fighting-sexual-harassment-science-her-own-job-peril

Shoutout #2: Project Phaedra. https://library.cfa.harvard.edu/project-phaedra

 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

Cover Image: The Bancroft Library, University of California

Images of Terracotta Heads: https://archive.org/details/jstor-495843/page/n23