Background
Brown, James Allison was born on January 16, 1934 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Paul and Olive (Harris) Brown.
(Finally, the long promised, full-scale review of the arch...)
Finally, the long promised, full-scale review of the archaeology of the most intriguing, important and famous Caddoan site, Spiro. Brown's work includes a total review and analysis of the artifact collections, with hundreds of photographs, illustrations and tables. It also includes a detailed history of excavations, a new mortuary analysis, comprehensive gravelot chronology, and much in published material.
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Brown, James Allison was born on January 16, 1934 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Paul and Olive (Harris) Brown.
AB, University of Chicago, 1954; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1965.
Assistant professor Anthropology and Computer Institute, Stovall Museum Oklahoma, 1965-1966;
assistant professor department anthropology and computer instruction society science research, Michigan State University, 1966-1969;
associate professor, Michigan State University, 1967-1971;
research associate, Michigan State University, 1967-1971;
associate professor department anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1971-1979;
professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1979;
chair, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1989-1995. Research associate Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, since 1989. Editor Illinois Archaeol.
Survey, Urbana, 1966-1978, board directors, 1978-1985, 88-91, president, 1991-1993. Visiting fellow Clare Hall College, Cambridge, 1987-1988, life fellow, since 1989. Advisor director registration and education State of Illinois, 1977, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for Humanities, National Geographic Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Time-Life Books, Readers Digest Books, Smithsonian Press, University of Chicago Press.
Scientific advisor on redesignMus. of Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, Georgia, 1978-1980.
(Late Archaic • LATE MISSISSIPPIAN • Woodland General ANTH...)
(Finally, the long promised, full-scale review of the arch...)
Secretary Foundation for Illinois Archaeology/Center for American Archaeology, 1973-1983, board directors, since 1973, member executive committee, since 1984. Member Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, 1985-1987, 98—2004. Board directors Illinois State Museum, 1985-1999, chairman board, 1995-1999.
Board directors Mississippi Valley Archaeol. Center, 1986-2003. With United States Army, 1957-1959. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association.
Member Current Anthropology (associate).
Married Constance Margaret Kimball, August 5, 1967 (divorced 1975). 1 child, Douglas Alfred Kimball. Married Judith Quinn Drick Toland, October 1, 1978 (divorced 1981).
Married Ruth Aizuss Migdal, January 29, 1997. 1 child, Samuel James Migdal-Brown.