James Deetz

A historical Archaeologist who lived from 1930 to 2000.

A quote from Prof. Deetz:

	My interest in historical archaeology, over the last 
	thirty years and more, has been concerned with culture
	change -- how relationships perceived in the designs and
	forms of different sets of artifacts relate to organizing
	principles that tie a whole society together, and how,
	over time, these shift.

A quote Bradley Birt about Prof. Deetz's work:

	The questions addressed by Deetz in his research are 
	as follows:  How are cultural changes expressed in the
	archaeological record?  What can be derived from the
	archaeological record that was left out of the written
	record?  ?How relationships perceived in the designs and
	forms of different sets of artifacts relate to organizing
	principals which tie a whole society together, and how
	over time these shift?