Theodore E. White and the development of Zooarchaeology in North America /

"Theodore E. White and the Development of Zooarchaeology in North America illuminates the researcher and his lasting contribution to a field that has largely ignored him in its history. The few brief histories of North American zooarchaeology suggest that Paul W. Parmalee, John E. Guilday, Eliz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyman, R. Lee (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why Theodore E. White?
  • 2. White's academic training and work history
  • 3. White's contributions to paleontology
  • 4. The emergence of North American zooarchaeology
  • 5. Zooarchaeologists' knowledge and opinions of White
  • 6. White's programmatic statements
  • 7. White's substantive and methodological contributions
  • 8. Theodore E. White and the emergence of anthropological zooarchaeology
  • Appendix: "Observations on the butchering technique of some aboriginal peoples. No. 10, Bison bone from the Oldham Site," by Theodore E. White.