Stanley South

Stanley A. South (February 2, 1928 - March 20, 2016)[2] was an American archaeologist who was a major proponent of the processual archaeology movement. South's major contributions to archaeology deal in helping to legitimize it as a more scientific endeavor.[3] Additionally, South participated in the excavation and research of a number of historic sites throughout North and South Carolina, including Town Creek Indian Mound, Charles Towne Landing (SC), Brunswick Town, North Carolina, Bethabara (near 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.[4]

Stanley A. South
Born
Stanley Austin South

February 2, 1928
Boone, North Carolina
DiedMarch 20, 2016(2016-03-20) (aged 88)
Columbia, South Carolina
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forHistorical archaeology , The Mean Ceramic Dating Formula
AwardsOrder of the Palmetto (1999)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
Institutions
ThesisA Study of the Prehistory of the Roanoke Rapids Basin (1959)
Academic advisorsJoffre L. Coe
InfluencesLeslie White, Lewis Binford

Stanley South was an important pioneer of the theoretical background of Historical archaeology.

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
  • Indians in North Carolina (1959)
  • Method and Theory in Historical Archeology (1977)
  • Research Strategies in Historical Archeology (1977), editor
  • 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)

References
  1. Hall, Melissa, Winston-Salem Journal. "Archaeologist who made first excavations at Bethabara dead at age 88". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. "Dr. Stanley South, who rediscovered the ruins of Brunswick Town, dies". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. Orser, Charles E. (2004). Race and practice in archaeological interpretation. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8122-3750-4.
  4. Stanley A. South, An Archaeological Evolution (Springer, 2005), pp. 191-92


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