It fell to his books, lectures and television presentations to help bring it to the forefront of his profession, where it stands today.īorn in London in 1927, Noël Hume joined the staff of Guildhall Museum in 1949. When he began his career, the field did not exist as an academic discipline. Noël Hume spent 30 years as Colonial Williamsburg’s chief archaeologist, establishing the premier historical archaeological research program in America. – Ivor Noël Hume, a British-born archaeologist and author, heralded by his peers as the “father” of historical archaeology, died at his home on February 4.
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