Discourses on the History of Archaeology
Necrology: Hugh Carson Cutler
Author:
David L. Browman
Washington University - St. Louis, US
Abstract
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.
Published on
20 May 1999.
Peer Reviewed
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