L. Adrien Hannus
L. Adrien Hannus (born 1944) is a retired American professor of anthropology and the former director of the Archeology Laboratory at
Exeter, England
.
Early life
Hannus was born in Wichita, Kansas.
Education and research
Hannus took a B.A. in Psychology and
Augustana College where he has recently overseen the creation of an undergraduate major in Anthropology. Dr. Hannus has directed work at many important archaeological sites on the Northern Plains, including the Ray Long site (the Angostura type site) in southwestern South Dakota, the Westhorse Creek quarry site in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, the Crow Creek site in central South Dakota, and the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village in Mitchell, South Dakota, as well as international work in Egypt, France, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.[4][5][6]
His research interests include the Paleo-Indian period in North America, Clovis culture, and the peopling of the New World.
Publicity and impact
Hannus recently participated in the first season of the
Roanoke Island, North Carolina, the Topper site on the Savannah River, South Carolina, the site of New Philadelphia in Illinois, the Range Creek complex in southern Utah, and the Fort James site in South Dakota.[5]
References
- ^ Anthropology. http://www.augie.edu/academics/anthropology. 03 August 2009.
- ^ South Dakota Archaeological Society, http://home.earthlink.net/~s_d_a_s/id10.html. 03 August 2009.
- ^ Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village: About Us. http://www.mitchellindianvillage.org/archeology/index.php. 03 August 2009
- ^ a b Prof L. Adrien Hannus MA PhD—Visiting Professor. http://sogaer.exeter.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/hannus.shtml. 22 June 2009.
- ^ a b c Time Team America—PBS. https://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam . 03 August 2009.
- ^ a b Adrien Hannus. http://heritage-key.com/category/tags/adrien-hannus. 03 August 2009.
- ^ The Lange/Ferguson Mammoth Kill Site. http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2001septemberlangefergusonpage1.htm. 03 August 2009.
- ^ White, E.M. and L.A. Hannus (1983) Chemical Weathering of Bone in Archaeological Soils. American Antiquity 48(2):316-322.
- ^ White, E.M and L.A. Hannus (1983) Weathering and Disintegration of Rocks at Oakwood Late, South Dakota (39BK37). Plains Anthropologist 28:99:53-57.
- ^ Hannus, L.A. (1990) Flaked Mammoth Bone from the Lange/Ferguson Site, White River Badlands Area, South Dakota. In Bone Modification, edited by R. Bonnichsen and M. Sorg, pp 395-412. Center for the Study of the First Americans, University of Maine, Orono.
- ^ Hannus, L.A. (1990) Mammoth Hunting in the New World. In Hunters of the Recent Past, edited by L.B. Davis and B.O.K. Reeves, pp 47-67. Unwin Hyman, Ltd., London.
- ^ Hannus, L.A. (1990) The Lange-Ferguson Site: A Case for Mammoth Bone Butchering Tools. In Megafauna and Man, Discovery of American’s Heartland, edited by L. Agenbroad, J. Mead, and L. Nelson, pp86-99. Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD and Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
- ^ Hannus, L.A. (2001) Mammoth Cutlery: Mammoth Flakes for Mammoth Steaks. In The World of Elephants, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress, edited by G. Cavarretta, P. Gioia, M. Mussi, and M.R. Palombo, p 466. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy.
- ^ Traditional Religious Leaders Interacting with Dakota Youth Within the University Community. 73rd Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, November 19–24, 1974, Mexico City, Mexico.
- ^ Excavations at the Heath Site (39LN15). 34th Plains-21st Midwest Anthropological Conference, October 20–22, 1976, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- ^ Flaked Mammoth Bone from the Lange/Ferguson Site, White River Badlands Area, South Dakota. First International Conference on Bone Modification, August 17–19, 1984, Carson City, Nevada.
- ^ Cleavers, Choppers, and Knives: Mammoth Bone Tools at the Lange/Ferguson Site. World Archaeological Conference, September 1986, Southampton, England.