
Gordon Willey
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 23 years ago |
Date of birth | March 7,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Chariton |
Iowa | |
United States | |
Date of died | April 28,2002 |
Died | Cambridge |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Awards | Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement |
Education | The University of Arizona |
Columbia University | |
Edited works | Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3: Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica |
Books | Method and theory in American archaeology |
Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Virú Valley, Perú | |
A history of American archaeology | |
Prehistoric settlement patterns in the New World | |
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ID | 754306 |
Gordon Willey Life story
Gordon Randolph Willey was an American archaeologist who was described by colleagues as the "dean" of New World archaeology. Willey performed fieldwork at excavations in South America, Central America and the Southeastern United States; and pioneered the development and methodology for settlement patterns theories.