Talk:Robert McCormick Adams Jr.

Bio and Photo Online
FYI, bio and photo for Robert McC. Adams are online at UCSD's website: http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/Faculty_Profiles/adams.html http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/Faculty_Profiles/pics/adams.jpg Aboudaqn (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

There is a photo of him on http://anthro.ucsd.edu/Faculty_Profiles/adams.html I am not sure if it is copyrighted StevinSimon (talk) 22:30, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Chronology and Citations for Adams
This section is set up to document the highlights of Adams' biography as an aid to developing this article further. drs (talk) 04:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * 1926

July 23, Born


 * 1965

Presented the Henry Lewis Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester


 * 1966

Published the Henry Lewis Morgan Lectures as The Evolution of Urban Society.


 * 1976

He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the American Anthropological Association in 1976.


 * 1984

Becomes Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution


 * 1989

Serves on the National Academy of Science's Committee for the Conduct of Science


 * 1994

Retires from being Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution


 * 1996

Recipient of a Distinguished Service Award from the Society for American Archaeology.


 * 2002

Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America


 * 2009

The University of Chicago, Alumni Award

Legacy
Robert McC. Adams is noted for influencing science, and in particular, anthropology. This section is for the documenting of that influence. drs (talk) 15:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Problem Oriented emphasis

 * This text credits Adams with helping to move Archaeology from a "source-driven" survey approach which focused on the Biblical text to "problem-oriented" surveys which were seeking to address specific research questions. drs (talk) 16:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This text credits Adams with helping to move Archaeology from a "source-driven" survey approach which focused on the Biblical text to "problem-oriented" surveys which were seeking to address specific research questions. drs (talk) 16:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Robert McC. Adams Award for Excellence in Anthropological Archaeology at UCSD



 * Robert McC. Adams, an adjunct member of the University of California San Diego Department of Anthropology, is a major comparative archaeologist of early state formation, and a pioneer in the study of broad regional systems.

Writings by Adams
Books, as participant on a committee of authors


 * On Being a Scientist by the Committee on the Conduct of Science, National Academy of Sciences, 1989 and 1995 edition.

Research


 * Adams, Robert McCormick. 1965. Land beind Baghdad. Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago Press.
 * Adam, Robert McCormick, and H.J. Nissen. 1972. The Uruk Countryside. Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago Press.

Articles


 * "Ideologies: Unity and Diversity" (1992)
 * "Anthropological Perspectives on Ancient Trade" (1974).
 * Paths of Fire - An Anthropologist's Inquiry into Western Technology (1966).
 * "This insightful volume explores the interaction between the forces of social and technological change and the implications of this interaction for the modern world."

Curriculum Vitae for Adams
http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/center/org/AdamsCV05.pdf