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==Career==
==Career==
Strong's doctoral dissertation, "An Analysis of Southwestern Society", was published in ''[[American Anthropologist]]''.<ref>{{cite journal| title= An Analysis of Southwestern Society| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| work= [[American Anthropologist]] |volume= 29| pages= 1–61| doi=10.1525/aa.1927.29.1.02a00020}}</ref> A related study of his, ''Aboriginal Society in Southern California'',<ref>{{cite journal| title= Aboriginal Society in Southern California| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| year=1929| publisher= University of California | work= University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology| volume= 1| number= 358| place= Berkeley}}</ref> presenting his detailed fieldwork among the [[Serrano (people)|Serrano]], [[Luiseño people|Luiseño]], [[Cupeño people|Cupeño]], and [[Cahuilla]] peoples, has been characterized as "one of the earliest and one of the best efforts by a United States anthropologist to combine structural-functional analysis with historical data and interpretation".<ref name= Beals72 />{{rp|ix}} Strong also conducted ethnographic field research among the [[Naskapi]] of [[Labrador]].{{citation needed|date= July 2018}}
Strong's doctoral dissertation, "An Analysis of Southwestern Society", was published in ''[[American Anthropologist]]''.<ref>{{cite journal| title= An Analysis of Southwestern Society| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| work= [[American Anthropologist]] |volume= 29| pages= 1–61| doi=10.1525/aa.1927.29.1.02a00020| doi-access= free}}</ref> A related study of his, ''Aboriginal Society in Southern California'',<ref>{{cite journal| title= Aboriginal Society in Southern California| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| year=1929| publisher= University of California | work= University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology| volume= 1| number= 358| place= Berkeley}}</ref> presenting his detailed fieldwork among the [[Serrano (people)|Serrano]], [[Luiseño people|Luiseño]], [[Cupeño people|Cupeño]], and [[Cahuilla]] peoples, has been characterized as "one of the earliest and one of the best efforts by a United States anthropologist to combine structural-functional analysis with historical data and interpretation".<ref name= Beals72 />{{rp|ix}} Strong also conducted ethnographic field research among the [[Naskapi]] of [[Labrador]].{{citation needed|date= July 2018}}


Most of Strong's anthropological contributions were specifically in archaeology. His 1935 study, "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology",<ref>{{cite journal| work= [[Smithsonian]] Miscellaneous Collections| title= An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| volume= 93| number= 10| place= Washington, DC}}</ref> is credited with providing a major impetus for the direct historical approach in archaeology.<ref>{{cite book| first1= Gordon R. |last1= Willey | first2= Jeremy A. |last2= Sabloff| year= 1980| title= A History of American Archaeology| url= https://archive.org/details/historyofameric100will | url-access= registration | edition= 2nd | publisher= W. H. Freeman| place= San Francisco}}</ref>
Most of Strong's anthropological contributions were specifically in archaeology. His 1935 study, "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology",<ref>{{cite journal| work= [[Smithsonian]] Miscellaneous Collections| title= An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology| first= William Duncan| last= Strong| volume= 93| number= 10| place= Washington, DC}}</ref> is credited with providing a major impetus for the direct historical approach in archaeology.<ref>{{cite book| first1= Gordon R. |last1= Willey | first2= Jeremy A. |last2= Sabloff| year= 1980| title= A History of American Archaeology| url= https://archive.org/details/historyofameric100will | url-access= registration | edition= 2nd | publisher= W. H. Freeman| place= San Francisco}}</ref>

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William Duncan Strong (1899–1962) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist noted for his application of the direct historical approach to the study of indigenous peoples of North and South America.

Early life and education

Strong was born in Portland, Oregon.

He initially studied zoology, but he changed his focus to anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, under the influence of Alfred L. Kroeber, who became his "principal teacher, mentor, and friend".[1] Strong completed his doctorate in 1926.

Career

Strong's doctoral dissertation, "An Analysis of Southwestern Society", was published in American Anthropologist.[2] A related study of his, Aboriginal Society in Southern California,[3] presenting his detailed fieldwork among the Serrano, Luiseño, Cupeño, and Cahuilla peoples, has been characterized as "one of the earliest and one of the best efforts by a United States anthropologist to combine structural-functional analysis with historical data and interpretation".[1]: ix  Strong also conducted ethnographic field research among the Naskapi of Labrador.[citation needed]

Most of Strong's anthropological contributions were specifically in archaeology. His 1935 study, "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology",[4] is credited with providing a major impetus for the direct historical approach in archaeology.[5]

In the 1930s, Strong, Waldo Rudolph Wedel and A. T. Hill found archaeological evidence in Nebraska different from the prehistoric Central Plains and Woodland traditions. The evidence was attributed to a new culture called the Dismal River culture, or Dismal River aspect, for its location on the Dismal River basin of Nebraska,[6][7][8] dated between 1650-1750.[9]

Strong performed pioneering fieldwork in California's San Joaquin Valley, the Pacific Northwest, the American Great Plains, Labrador, and Honduras, where he sought the legendary La Ciudad Blanca. In Peru, he developed statistical methods to seriate pottery styles and is credited with the discovery of the tomb of the war god Ai apaec in 1946.[10]

Strong held academic positions at the University of Nebraska and Columbia University. Among his notable students were the archaeologists Waldo Wedel and Gordon Willey.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Beals, Ralph L. (1972). "Forward". Aboriginal Society in Southern California, by William Duncan Strong. Banning, California: Malki Museum Press. pp. vii–ix.
  2. ^ Strong, William Duncan. "An Analysis of Southwestern Society". American Anthropologist. 29: 1–61. doi:10.1525/aa.1927.29.1.02a00020.
  3. ^ Strong, William Duncan (1929). "Aboriginal Society in Southern California". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. 1 (358). Berkeley: University of California.
  4. ^ Strong, William Duncan. "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 93 (10). Washington, DC.
  5. ^ Willey, Gordon R.; Sabloff, Jeremy A. (1980). A History of American Archaeology (2nd ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
  6. ^ Cassells, E. Steve (1997). The Archeology of Colorado (Revised ed.). Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. p. 234. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
  7. ^ "The Dismal River Culture". Nebraska Studies. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  8. ^ Gibbon, Guy E.; Ames, Kenneth M. (1998). Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia. p. 212. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X.
  9. ^ Gibbon, Guy E.; Ames, Kenneth M. (1998). Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia. pp. 213, 768. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X.
  10. ^ William D. Strong. Abingdon: Helicon. 2000. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help)
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