Lewis Binford
Anthropologist, Academic
1931 – 2011
Who was Lewis Binford?
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.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1931
Norfolk - Also known as
- Lewis Roberts Binford
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Michigan
- Virginia Tech
- Died
- Apr 11, 2011
Kirksville
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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