Morse, Dan F.

Pinson Mounds
book chapter 1986

Summary: Dan Franklin Morse was an American archaeologist specializing in the prehistory of the midwestern United States and the central Mississippi Valley, research summarized in a number of books, monographs, and technical articles. He is best known for his 1983 synthesis of the "Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley" with Phyllis A. Morse, and for his 1997 volume issued by the Smithsonian Institution Press on "Sloan: A Paleoindian Dalton Cemetery in Arkansas." The Sloan site is the location of the oldest marked cemetery found to date in the Americas. He conducted excavations on a great many other significant archaeological sites during his career, including at Brand, Cahokia, Nodena, Parkin, and Zebree. Morse retired from his posts as Survey Archeologist for the Arkansas Archaeological Survey and as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas in 1997, after 30 years of service, but continued to work on publications and interact with students and colleagues on sites. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3]
Born: 1935-03-10 [2]
Birth Place: Wheeling [2]
Died: 2024-09-26 [2]
Death Place: Jonesboro [2]
Occupation: academic [2]
Employer: Arkansas State University [2]; University of Tennessee [2]; Indiana University [2]
Educated at: University of Michigan [2]; Beloit College [2]
Country of Education: United States [2]
Yale LUX: Entity [2]

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