Featured Memoir
Patty Jo Watson by Janet E. Levy, William H. Marquardt, Julie K. Stein, and Steven A. LeBlanc
“Patty Jo ‘Pat’ Watson was a distinguished archaeologist who conducted research in both North America and the Middle East. She was known for her pioneering work on ethnoarchaeology, method and theory, and the study of the independent development of horticulture in the eastern United States. She was not only a leader in the profession but also a stellar mentor to many colleagues and students. In a 2009 contribution to Annual Review of Anthropology, she described herself as an anthropological archaeologist ‘thoroughly imprinted in the unity of the discipline.'”
About the Series
Published since 1877, Biographical Memoirs provide the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members. Colleagues familiar with the subject’s work write these memoirs and as such, the series provides a biographical history of science in America.
The Online Collection includes approximately 1,900 memoirs, including those of famed naturalist Louis Agassiz; Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Thomas Edison; Alexander Graham Bell; noted anthropologist Margaret Mead; and psychologist and philosopher John Dewey.
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