Dennis Stanford

Dennis J. Stanford (born 13 May 1943) in Cherokee, Iowa^[1] is an archaeologist and Director of the Paleo-Indian Program at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution.^[2] Along with Prof. Bruce Bradley, Stanford is known for advocating the Solutrean hypothesis, which contends that stone tool technology of the Solutrean culture in prehistoric Europe may have influenced the development of the Clovis tool-making culture in the Americas.

He is one of the nation foremost authorities on the early inhabitants of North America.^[3]

References

1. ^ ""Dennis Joe Stanford." American Men & Women of Science". Gale Biography In Context. Web. http://0-ic.galegroup.com.library.sl.nsw.gov.au/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK3099140014&mode=view&userGroupName=slnsw_public&jsid=e3bc3bc86a3c189d2e113d04887ffe2c. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
2. ^ Wilford, John Noble (11 November 1996). "A 10,000-Year-Old Site Yields Trove of Data in Florida". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/11/us/a-10000-year-old-site-yields-trove-of-data-in-florida.html. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
3. ^ James, Betty (14 March 1978). "Elephant could be key to new theory of time". The Calgary Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13FkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6X0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=926,2245412&dq=dennis-stanford&hl=en. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 

External links

• Department of Anthropology Staff, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Persondata
Name	Stanford, Dennis Joe
Alternative names
Short description	Prominent archaeologist at the Smithsonian.
Date of birth	13 May 1943
Place of birth	Cherokee, Iowa
Date of death
Place of death

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