Philip Phillips (archaeologist)
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Philip Phillips (August 11, 1900 – December 11, 1994) was an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century.
Phillips was born in Buffalo, New York on August 11, 1900. He was the son of Bradley H. Phillips and Ruth (née Harnden) Phillips.[1]
After attending public schools in Buffalo, he entered Williams College in 1918, graduating in 1922.[1] Although his first graduate work was in architecture, he later received a doctorate from Harvard University under advisor Alfred Marston Tozzer.[1]
Career
Phillips first archaeological experiences were on Iroquois sites, but he specialized in the Mississippian culture, especially its Lower Mississippi Valley incarnation.[1]
In 1937, he was appointed assistant curator of Southeastern Archaeology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. In 1949, he became its curator; and remained an honorary curator from his 1967 retirement until his death.[1]
His professional collaborations with James A. Ford, James Bennett Griffin, and Gordon Willey have become some of the standard works of American archaeology.[1]
