Binford, Lewis R. (Lewis Roberts), 1931-2011
- Summary
- Lewis Roberts Binford was an American archaeologist known for his influential work in archaeological theory, ethnoarchaeology and the Paleolithic period. He is widely considered among the most influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, and is credited with fundamentally changing the field with the introduction of processual archaeology in the 1960s. Binford's influence was controversial, however, and most theoretical work in archaeology in the late 1980s and 1990s was explicitly construed as either a reaction to or in support of the processual paradigm. Recent appraisals have judged that his approach owed more to prior work in the 1940s and 50s than suggested by Binford's strong criticism of his predecessors. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Born
- 1931-11-21 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Norfolk, Va. [3]
- Norfolk [6]
- Died
- 2011-04-11 [2][6]
- Death Place
- Kirksville, Mi. [3]
- Kirksville [6]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [6]
- archaeologist [6]
- prehistorian [6]
- university teacher [6]
- Profession
- Archäologe [2]
- Employer
- University of New Mexico [6]
- University of Chicago [6]
- University of California, Los Angeles [6]
- Southern Methodist University [6]
- New Mexico State University [6]
- Educated at
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts [6]
- Virginia Tech [6]
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [6]
- Country of Education
- United States [6]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [6]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. Wikidata
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