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Alfred V. Kidder

American archaeologist (1885-1963) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 77

Alfred Vincent Kidder was an American archaeologist considered the foremost of the southwestern United States and Mesoamerica during the first half of the 20th century.

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Guggenheim Fellowship1957
Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico1951
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

He saw a disciplined system of archaeological techniques as a means to extend the principles of anthropology into the prehistoric past and so was the originator of the first comprehensive, systematic approach to North American archaeology.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1963 · aged 77