Stanley South

American archaeologist (1928–2016)

Stanley A. South

Born|

Stanley Austin South

(1928-02-02)February 2, 1928

Boone, North Carolina

Died| March 20, 2016(2016-03-20) (aged 88)

Columbia, South Carolina

Citizenship| United States
Alma mater|

* Appalachian State University (B.S., Education)
* University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A., Anthropology)

Known for| Historical archaeology
Mean Ceramic Dating
Artifact Patterning Analysis
Awards| J. C. Harrington Award (1987)
Order of the Palmetto (1999)[1]
Scientific career
Fields| Archaeology
Institutions|

* State Archives of North Carolina
* South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology

Thesis| A Study of the Prehistory of the Roanoke Rapids Basin (1959)
Academic advisors| Joffre L. Coe

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 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.[4]

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[edit]

### Monographs[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Research Strategies in Historical Archeology (1977)

### Articles[edit]

* 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[edit]

1. ^ Hall, Melissa, Winston-Salem Journal. "Archaeologist who made first excavations at Bethabara dead at age 88". Retrieved 1 March 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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

## Further reading[edit]

* 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[edit]

* http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/sciaa/south-stanley

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