Message #154: From: AzTeC SW Archaeology SIG To: "'Matthias Giessler'" Subject: Walter W. Taylor Passes Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:04:44 -0700 Walt Taylor died April 14 at Rockaway Beach, Oregon. He was 83 years old. George J Gumerman, Santa Fe Institute jorge@santafe.edu [ SASIG Ed. Note -- The following quote and references are excerpted from 60 Years of Southwestern Archaeology: A History of the Pecos Conference (1993) by Richard B. Woodbury ] : Page 148 ".... Walter W. Taylor ... complete(d) his dissertation and defended it in the winter of 1943, before entering military service. Later, after revision, it was published by the AAA (Taylor 1948). It immediately aroused strong reactions to his criticisms of the research and publication of some well-known archaeologists including, from the Southwest, Kidder, Haury, and Frank H.H. Roberts. Later, the constructive side of his analysis began to be recognized as an important part of a gradual but profound change in archaeological thinking, culminating in the New Archaeology. " Page 479 Taylor, Walter W. 1948 A Study of Archaeology. American Anthropological Association Memoir 69. Menasha: American Anthropological Association. 1954 Southwestern Archaeology: Its history and theory. American Anthropologist 56(4):561-570