This man, born in 1743, set the stage for the methods used in modern field archaeology, earning him the unofficial title of "the Original Anthropologist".
This man, born in 1743, set the stage for the methods used in modern field archaeology, earning him the unofficial title of "the Original Anthropologist". He is credited with the first systematic anthropological dig, the excavation of Native American burial mounds near the Rivanna River. Though he wrote up his complete findings in his Notes on the State of Virginia, he is best known for another written work. For ten points, name this man, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
This man, born in 1743, set the stage for the methods used in modern field archaeology, earning him the unofficial title of "the Original Anthropologist".
Thomas Jefferson