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Hugh Carson Cutler, forner curator of Economic Botany at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, was one of the first generation paleoethnobotanists in this country. A pioneer in the field, and instrumental in getting American archaeologists to begin to employ flotation techniques for recovery of botanical remains. Cutler, the son of Manuel and Mary Cutler. was born September 8. 1912 in Milwaukee. Wisconsin. and died September 22, 1998 in Topeka, Kansas.

Keywords: Hugh Carson Cutler,  Economic Botany,  Missouri Botanical Gardens 

How to Cite: Browman, D.L., (1999). Necrology: Hugh Carson Cutler. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology. 9(1), pp.1–6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bha.09102