Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993

This well-produced volume honors Stephen Williams, recently retired Peabody Professor of American Archaeology at Harvard University. Section one, on Williams' life, career, and publications, is of most interest to readers of BHA. Chapter 1, by James B. Griffi...

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Main Author: Andrew L. Christenson
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 1995-05-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/380
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spelling doaj-ca194b08fc424995a12182026a54fa842020-11-24T23:51:04ZengUbiquity PressBulletin of the History of Archaeology1062-47402047-69301995-05-0151171810.5334/bha.05108378Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993Andrew L. Christenson0Prescott, ArizonaThis well-produced volume honors Stephen Williams, recently retired Peabody Professor of American Archaeology at Harvard University. Section one, on Williams' life, career, and publications, is of most interest to readers of BHA. Chapter 1, by James B. Griffin details Williams' career in teaching, in museum management, and southeastern archaeology and ethnohistory. Williams served as chairman of at least 25 doctoral committees and is credited with chairing more women's committees than any other Harvard archaeologist (Claassen 1994:7). Except for mention of his recent book, Fantastic Archaeology, neither this chapter or any other provides information on Williams' interest in and contributions to the history of archaeology. Chapter 2 provides his twin brother, Philip's, perception of their early life together and divergence once they reached college. Philip seems to have had the initial interest in archaeology and both brothers went to Lloyd Wilford's 1947 summer field school in Minnesota, but Philip ended up in business while Stephen went on in archaeology.http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/380
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title Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993
title_short Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993
title_full Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993
title_fullStr Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993
title_full_unstemmed Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993
title_sort archaeology of eastern north america: papers in honor of stephen williams, edited by james b. stoltman. mississippi department of archives and history, archaeological report no. 25, jackson, ms, 1993
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
issn 1062-4740
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publishDate 1995-05-01
description This well-produced volume honors Stephen Williams, recently retired Peabody Professor of American Archaeology at Harvard University. Section one, on Williams' life, career, and publications, is of most interest to readers of BHA. Chapter 1, by James B. Griffin details Williams' career in teaching, in museum management, and southeastern archaeology and ethnohistory. Williams served as chairman of at least 25 doctoral committees and is credited with chairing more women's committees than any other Harvard archaeologist (Claassen 1994:7). Except for mention of his recent book, Fantastic Archaeology, neither this chapter or any other provides information on Williams' interest in and contributions to the history of archaeology. Chapter 2 provides his twin brother, Philip's, perception of their early life together and divergence once they reached college. Philip seems to have had the initial interest in archaeology and both brothers went to Lloyd Wilford's 1947 summer field school in Minnesota, but Philip ended up in business while Stephen went on in archaeology.
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