Patty Jo Watson
Patty Jo Watson (* 1932 ) is an American archaeologist and anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis .
Live and act
Watson earned a Masters in Anthropology in 1956 and a Ph.D. in 1959. at the University of Chicago . Since 1969 she has been on the faculty at Washington University , where she holds a chair in anthropology.
Watson was able to make significant contributions to the theory of archeology and to archaeological practice in North America , the Middle East and China . Her book Explanation in Archeology is considered a milestone in the western theoretical debate of the 1970s (see Processual Archeology ) and is still effective today. She did pioneering work on the ethno-archeology of the Ancient Near East ( Iran , Iraq , Turkey , together with Robert John Braidwood ) and later on flotation methods for separating parts of plants from archaeological samples. For several decades she explored caves in Kentucky (see Mammoth Cave National Park ) and was able to provide important evidence of the development of arable farming natives of Northeast America from the pre-maize period. Further works deal with mounds and clam heaps as well as the Woodland period .
With her wide-ranging and exhaustive work, Watson is considered one of the most important archaeologists of her generation. In 2002 Discover magazine ranked her among the 50 most important contemporary scientists.
Patty Jo Watson is married to the philosopher and speleologist Richard A. Watson .
Awards (selection)
- 1988 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1989 honorary member of the National Speleological Society
- 1997 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1999 Gold Medal from the Archaeological Institute of America
- 2000 member of the American Philosophical Society
Fonts (selection)
- Prehistory of Salts Cave, Kentucky (1969)
- Archaeological Ethnography in Western Iran (1979)
- Man and Nature (1969, co-author)
- Explanation in Archeology (1971)
- Archaeological Explanation (1984)
- Girikihaciyan - A Halafian Site in Southeastern Turkey
- Archeology of the Middle Green River Region, Kentucky (2005)
- Archeology of the Mammoth Cave Area (1974, editor and co-author)
- Prehistoric Archeology Along the Zagros Flanks (1983, co-editor)
- The Origins of Agriculture (1991, co-editor)
- Of Caves and Shell Mounds (1996, co-editor)
Web links
- Patty Jo Watson at Washington University in St. Louis (wustl.edu)
- Patty Jo Watson ( August 3, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ), Minnesota State University eMuseum , Mankato
- Cave crawler - Finding human and plant remains in southeastern US caves, Patty Jo Watson trekked from archeology's fringes to prominence. at the University of Chicago (uchicago.edu)
Individual evidence
- ^ The 50 Most Important Women in Science -. In: discovermagazine.com. November 1, 2002, accessed February 2, 2017 .
- ^ Patty Jo Watson. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved January 31, 2017 .
- ^ Honorary Membership Recipients. In: caves.org. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 904 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on January 31, 2017.
- ^ Patty Jo Watson - 1999 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement - Archaeological Institute of America. In: archaeological.org. Retrieved January 31, 2017 .
- ^ American Philosophical Society - Member History (amphilsoc.org); accessed on January 31, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Watson, Patty Jo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American archaeologist and anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |