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Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the milieu of life. Inferences are drawn from analogies.

Gordon Willey

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You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
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Gordon Willey

Gordon Willey

Born: March 7, 1913
Died: April 28, 2002 (aged 89)
Bio: Gordon Randolph Willey was an American archaeologist who was described by colleagues as the "dean" of New World archaeology.
Known for:
  1. Method and theory in American archaeology
  2. A history of American archaeology (1974)
  3. Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast (1949)
  4. New world archaeology and culture history (1990)

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