Haag, William George, 1910-2000

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Louisiana State University Boyd Professor Emeritus of Geography and Anthropology.

From the description of William George Haag oral history interview, 1994. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244442991

Dr. William G. Haag, Jr., was born in Kentucky and educated at the University of Kentucky and the University of Michigan, where he received his doctorate in ethnozoology (1948). His professional career as an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky was interrupted by World War II, during which time he served in the U.S. Air Corps and Signal Corps as a 1st Lieutenant. After teaching for a few years (1949-1952) at the University of Mississippi, Haag went to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he spent the remainder (1951-1978) of his academic career. His archaeological field experiences include work in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, the French Antilles, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Louisiana. Haag was Louisiana's State Archaeologist from 1972-1977. He has authored a number of publications.

From the description of William G. Haag, Jr., papers, 1940-1968. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 297415312

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Poverty Point Site (La.)
Louisiana
Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Magnolia Mound Plantation (Baton Rouge, La.)
West Indies
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Archaeological surveying
Excavations (Archaeology)
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Anthropologists
Archaeologists
Archaeologists
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Birth 1910-08-14

Death 2000-10-19

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