William Duncan Strong

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William Duncan Strong (1899–1962) was an American

archaeologist and anthropologist noted for his application of the direct historical approach to the study of indigenous peoples of North and South America
.

Early life and education

Strong was born in Portland, Oregon.

He initially studied

Alfred L. Kroeber, who became his "principal teacher, mentor, and friend".[1]
Strong completed his doctorate in 1926.

Career

Strong's doctoral dissertation, "An Analysis of Southwestern Society", was published in

Cupeño, and Cahuilla peoples, has been characterized as "one of the earliest and one of the best efforts by a United States anthropologist to combine structural-functional analysis with historical data and interpretation".[1]: ix  Strong also conducted ethnographic field research among the Naskapi of Labrador.[citation needed
]

Most of Strong's anthropological contributions were specifically in archaeology. His 1935 study, "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology",[4] is credited with providing a major impetus for the direct historical approach in archaeology.[5]

In the 1930s, Strong,

Dismal River basin of Nebraska,[6][7][8] dated between 1650-1750.[9]

Strong performed pioneering fieldwork in California's

Ai apaec in 1946.[10]

Strong held academic positions at the

University of Nebraska and Columbia University. Among his notable students were the archaeologists Waldo Wedel and Gordon Willey
.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Beals, Ralph L. (1972). "Forward". Aboriginal Society in Southern California, by William Duncan Strong. Banning, California: Malki Museum Press. pp. vii–ix.
  2. doi:10.1525/aa.1927.29.1.02a00020
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  3. ^ Strong, William Duncan (1929). "Aboriginal Society in Southern California". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. 1 (358). Berkeley: University of California.
  4. ^ Strong, William Duncan. "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 93 (10). Washington, DC.
  5. ^ Willey, Gordon R.; Sabloff, Jeremy A. (1980). A History of American Archaeology (2nd ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
  6. ISBN 1-55566-193-9
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  7. ^ "Emergence of Historic Tribes: The Dismal River Culture". Nebraska Studies. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  8. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X
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  9. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X
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  10. ^ "William D. Strong". Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography. Abingdon: Helicon. 2000.

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