James Newlin Hill (1934–1997) was a prominent processualist

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(a student of

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). Hill did most of his work in the American South West, published several papers on the Broken K Pueblo,

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. This study in particular has been described as "a classic example of how social organization may be reflected in the architectural segregation of pottery styles" (Sackett 1997). He believed that

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could (and perhaps should) be inferred from archaeological data.

Biography

* 1957 B.A. History, Pomona College * Three year Stint in the U.S. Navy * 1963 M.A.

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* 1965 Ph.D. University of Chicago * 1965–1997 Taught at

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Works

* ''A Prehistoric Community in Eastern Arizona'' (1966) * ''Broken K Pueblo: Prehistoric Social Organization in the American Southwest'' (1970

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* ''Individuals and Their Artifacts: An Experimental Study in Archaeology'' (1978) * ''Pollen at Broken K Pueblo: Some New Interpretations'' (1968) written with Richard H. Hevly * “Broken K Pueblo: pattern of form and function” (1968)

References

* 1997 Sackett, James R. IN MEMORIAM : James N. Hill : This important archaeologist's passing is a loss for the UCLA community. Electronic Resource

* n.d. Skarohlid, Mary. James Newlin Hill: 1934-1997. Electronic Resources

1943 births 1997 deaths University of California, Los Angeles faculty Pomona College alumni 20th-century American archaeologists Historians from California {{US-archaeologist-stub