Robert F. Heizer and His Contributions to American Archaeology: 1930s to 1970s

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Digging through the Decades: A 90-year Retrospective on American Archaeology; Biennial Gordon Willey Session in the History of Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

With over 500 publications, Robert F. Heizer (1915-1979) made substantial scientific contributions to American archaeology and anthropology, particularly in California, but also in the Great Basin, Alaska, Mesoamerica, and Egypt. In 1946, he became one of the first archaeologist hired as an anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley.The statewide California Archaeology Survey was established at Berkeley under Heizer in 1948. He and his students soon developed the first version of a field guide to archaeological methods; revised over the years and still used today. As some of his last anthropology students at Berkeley, we discuss Heizer’s archaeological investigations spanning five decades and his impact on the discipline.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• Digging through the Decades: A 90-year Retrospective on American Archaeology; Biennial Gordon Willey Session in the History of Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 51817