# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-willey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:20.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-willey"
name: "Gordon Willey"
slug: "gordon-willey"
description: "Gordon Randolph Willey was an American archaeologist who was described by colleagues as the \"dean\" of New World archaeology. Willey performed fieldwork at excavations in South America, Central America and the Southeastern United States; and pioneered the development and methodology for settlement patterns theories. He worked as an anthropologist for the Smithsonian Institution and as a professor at Harvard University."
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birthDate: "1913-03-07"
deathDate: "2002-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump