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Stanley A. South (February 2, 1928 - March 20, 2016) was an American
archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
who was a major proponent of the
processual archaeology Processual archaeology (formerly, the New Archaeology) is a form of archaeological theory. It had its beginnings in 1958 with the work of Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips, ''Method and Theory in American Archaeology,'' in which the pair stated ...
movement. South's major contributions to archaeology deal in helping to legitimize it as a more scientific endeavor. Additionally, South participated in the excavation and research of a number of historic sites throughout North and South Carolina, includin
Town Creek Indian Mound
Charles Towne Landing (SC), Brunswick Town, North Carolina, Bethabara Historic District (the first Moravian settlement in what is now Winston-Salem, NC), the John Bartlam site at Cain Hoy (SC), and Santa Elena (near Beaufort, SC), as well as Fort Dobbs and the Fayetteville Arsenal.Stanley A. South,
An Archaeological Evolution
' (Springer, 2005), pp. 191-92 Stanley South was an important pioneer of the theoretical background of
Historical archaeology Historical archaeology is a form of archaeology dealing with places, things, and issues from the past or present when written records and oral traditions can inform and contextualize cultural material. These records can both complement and conflic ...
. He first worked as state archaeologist in North Carolina and became 1969 professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology / University of South Carolina.


Publications


Monographs

*''Indians in North Carolina'' (1959) *''Method and Theory in Historical Archeology'' (1977) *''Historical Archaeology in Wachovia: Excavating Eighteenth-Century Bethabara and Moravian Pottery'' (1999) *''Archaeological Pathways to Historic Site Development'' (2002) *''An Archaeological Evolution'' (2005) *''Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick'' (2010)


Edited volumes

*''Research Strategies in Historical Archeology'' (1977)


Articles

* 1955: "Evolutionary Theory in Archaeology." ''Southern Indian Studies'' 7: 10-32. * 1972: "Evolution and Horizon as Revealed in Ceramic Analysis in Historical Archaeology." ''Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers'' 6(2): 71–116. * 1978: "Pattern Recognition in Historical Archaeology." ''American Antiquity'' 43(2): 223-30. * 1978: "Research Strategies for Archaeological Pattern Recognition on Historic Sites." ''World Archaeology'' 10(1): 36-50. * 1979: "Historic Site Content, Structure, and Function." ''American Antiquity'' 44(2): 213-237. * 1988: "Whither Pattern?" ''Historical Archaeology'' 22(1): 25-28.


References


Further reading

*Binford, Lewis R. 1972. "Evolution and Horizon as Revealed in Ceramic Analysis in Historical Archaeology--A Step Toward the Development of Archaeological Science." ''The Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers 1971'' 6(2): 117-126. *Joseph, J. W. 1989. "Pattern and Process in the Plantation Archaeology of the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina." ''Historical Archaeology'' 23(1): 55-68. *Tordoff, Jeffrey P. 1979. "Some Observations on the Quantitative Relationship Between Stanley South's Artifact Patterns and 'Primary De Facto' Refuse." ''Historical Archaeology'' 13: 38-47.


External links

*http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/sciaa/south-stanley 1928 births 2016 deaths 20th-century American archaeologists 21st-century American archaeologists People from Boone, North Carolina Appalachian State University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of South Carolina faculty {{US-archaeologist-stub