Waldo Wedel | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 10, 1908 Newton, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 27, 1996 (aged 87) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Direct historical approach to archaeology |
| Spouse | Mildred Mott Wedel |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
| Institutions | Smithsonian Institution |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Sauer |
Waldo Rudolph Wedel (September 10, 1908 – August 27, 1996) was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites.
In 1939 he married Mildred Mott, a fellow archaeologist and ethnohistorian.[1] Wedel died in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, about one year after Mildred's death.[2]
- ^ Hudson, David; Bergman, Marvin; Horton, Loren (May 2009). The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press. p. 546. ISBN 978-1-58729-724-3.
- ^ Gradwohl, David M. (November 1995). "Mildred Mott Wedel 1912-1995". Plains Anthropologist. 40 (154): 399–403. doi:10.1080/2052546.1995.11931778. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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