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Born in Water Valley, James Ford (1911-1968) was a pioneer in archaeology. Conducting extensive surveys across the Southeast, including the Mississippi Delta, he created a technique for dating sites using ceramic seriation. He also worked in Colombia and Peru. Ford's field and lab methods modernized American archaeology.
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