Stanley South
Stanley A. South | |
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Born | Stanley Austin South February 2, 1928 |
Died | March 20, 2016 | (aged 88)
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Historical archaeology Mean Ceramic Dating Artifact Patterning Analysis |
Awards | J. C. Harrington Award (1987) Order of the Palmetto (1999)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology |
Institutions | |
Thesis | A Study of the Prehistory of the Roanoke Rapids Basin (1959) |
Academic advisors | Joffre L. Coe |
Stanley A. South (February 2, 1928 - March 20, 2016)
Stanley South was an important pioneer of the theoretical background of Historical archaeology.
He first worked as state archaeologist in North Carolina and became 1969 professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology / University of South Carolina.
Publications
Monographs
- Indians in North Carolina (1959)
- Method and Theory in Historical Archeology (1977)
- Historical Archaeology in Wachovia: Excavating Eighteenth-Century Bethabara and Moravian Pottery (1999)
- Archaeological Pathways to Historic Site Development (2002)
- An Archaeological Evolution (2005)
- Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick (2010)
Edited volumes
- Research Strategies in Historical Archeology (1977)
Articles
- 1955: "Evolutionary Theory in Archaeology." Southern Indian Studies 7: 10-32.
- 1972: "Evolution and Horizon as Revealed in Ceramic Analysis in Historical Archaeology." Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers 6(2): 71–116.
- 1978: "Pattern Recognition in Historical Archaeology." American Antiquity 43(2): 223-30.
- 1978: "Research Strategies for Archaeological Pattern Recognition on Historic Sites." World Archaeology 10(1): 36-50.
- 1979: "Historic Site Content, Structure, and Function." American Antiquity 44(2): 213-237.
- 1988: "Whither Pattern?" Historical Archaeology 22(1): 25-28.
References
- ^ Hall, Melissa, Winston-Salem Journal. "Archaeologist who made first excavations at Bethabara dead at age 88". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dr. Stanley South, who rediscovered the ruins of Brunswick Town, dies". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-8122-3750-4.
- ^ Stanley A. South, An Archaeological Evolution (Springer, 2005), pp. 191-92
Further reading
- Binford, Lewis R. 1972. "Evolution and Horizon as Revealed in Ceramic Analysis in Historical Archaeology--A Step Toward the Development of Archaeological Science." The Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers 1971 6(2): 117-126.
- Joseph, J. W. 1989. "Pattern and Process in the Plantation Archaeology of the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina." Historical Archaeology 23(1): 55-68.
- Tordoff, Jeffrey P. 1979. "Some Observations on the Quantitative Relationship Between Stanley South's Artifact Patterns and 'Primary De Facto' Refuse." Historical Archaeology 13: 38-47.
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