Background
WILLEY, Gordon Randolph. PH D was born on March 7, 1913 in Chariton, la. Son of Frank Willey and Agnes Caroline Wilson.
WILLEY, Gordon Randolph. PH D was born on March 7, 1913 in Chariton, la. Son of Frank Willey and Agnes Caroline Wilson.
University of Arizona and Columbia University.
Professor, of Mexican and Central American Archaeology, Harvard University 1950-1983, Senior Professor, in Anthropology 1983-1987, Chairman Department Anthropology 1954-1957.
Archaeology of the Florida Gulf Coast 1949, Prehistoric Settlement Patterns of the Viru Valley, Peru 1953, Method and Theory in American Archaeology 1958, Prehistoric Maya Settlements in the Belize Valley 1965, An Introduction to American Archaeology Vol. I 1966, Vol. II 1971, Excavations at Altar de Sacrificios, Guatemala 1973, A History of American Archaeology (coauthor) 1974, Excavations at Seibal, Guatemala 1975, The Origins of Maya Civilization 1977, Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns: A Summary View 1981, Essays in Maya Archaeology 1987, Portraits in American Archaeology 1988, New World Archaeology and Culture History 1990.
N.A.S.
Married Katharine Winston Whaley in 1938.