James Deetz (
February 8,
1930 -
November 25,
2000) was an American
anthropologist, often known as one of the fathers of
historical archaeology. His work focused on culture change and the cultural aspects inherent in the historic and archaeological record, and was concerned primarily with the Massachusetts and Virginia colonies. Deetz taught at the
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Harvard,
Brown,
William and Mary, the
University of Cape Town, the
University of California, Berkeley, and the
University of Virginia. He received his B.A.,
M.A., and
Ph.D. degrees from
Harvard.
Published works


James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten
- The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony. (With Patricia Scott Deetz). New York: W.H. Freeman. 2000.
- In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life. (Expanded and revised edition). New York: Anchor, Doubleday. 1996.
- Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619- 1864. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1993.
- The Transformation of British Culture in the Eastern Cape, 1820-1860 (with Margot Winer). Social Dynamics vol. 16 no.1 pp. 55-75. 1990.
- American Historical Archaeology: Methods and Results. Science vol. 239, January 22: 362-7. 1988.
- History and Archaeological Theory: Walter Taylor Revisited. American Antiquity 53(1):13-22. 1988.
- In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life. New York: Doubleday. 1977.
- Invitation to Archaeology. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press. 1967
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