Definition: The career of American archaeologist E. Mott Davis was a broad one, including archaeological work all over the United States and at Stobi in Macedonia, where he pioneered the Izum flotation technique with Al B. Wesolowsky. Educated at Harvard University under the direction of J. O. Brew, Davis worked at sites such as Awatovi Pueblo in Arizona, and Lime Creek and Lubbock Lake paleoindian sites. Davis worked on the Smithsonian Institution Missouri River Basin Projects in the 1930s. In the mid-1950s, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he remained for the rest of his career. He conducted work extensively in Texas, working on Caddo sites. He also directed the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory at Austin. Davis was the brother of American archaeologist Hester A. Davis.
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Ruthann Knudson. 2000. Obituary: E. Mott Davis. Plains Anthropologist 45(171): 114-116
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Ruthann Knudson. 2000. Obituary: E. Mott Davis. Plains Anthropologist 45(171): 114-116
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
