Dennis Stanford

Dennis J. Stanford (born 13 May 1943 in Cherokee, Iowa,[1] died 24 April 2019[2]) was an archaeologist and Director of the Paleoindian/Paleoecology Program at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution.[3]

Dennis Stanford
Born
Dennis J. Stanford

(1943-05-13)May 13, 1943
Cherokee, Iowa, United States
DiedApril 24, 2019(2019-04-24) (aged 75)
Georgetown, Seattle, Washington D.C., United States
OccupationArchaeologist and Museum Curator

Along with Prof. Bruce Bradley, Stanford was known for investigating the Solutrean hypothesis, which contends that stone tool technology of the Solutrean culture in prehistoric northern Spain and Portugal may have influenced the development of later Clovis tool-making culture in the Americas by way of an earlier trans-atlantic maritime travel along a sea ice shelf to North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. In 2012, they published details concerning their hypothesis in Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture.

References
  1. ""Dennis Joe Stanford." American Men & Women of Science". Gale Biography In Context. Web. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. "Smithsonian's NMNH on Instagram: "We mourn the loss of our beloved friend and colleague, Dennis Stanford, Curator of North American Archaeology and Director of the…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. Wilford, John Noble (11 November 1996). "A 10,000-Year-Old Site Yields Trove of Data in Florida". New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2011.


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