Dena Ferran Dincauze
Date of Birth  :
1934-26-03
Place of Birth  :
Boston,Massachusetts
Country  :
United States
Field of Expertise  :
Anthropology
Educational background  :

Bachelor of Arts Degree at Barnard College.

Diploma in prehistoric archaeology form Cambridge University.

Ph.D from Harvard University.

Acheivements / Contributions  :

Dincauze has received many honors throughout the years.Some of them include:

  • In 1956, she was Phi Beta Kapp.

  • From 1958 to 1959, she was an Ann Radcliffe Fellow at Radcliffe Graduate School.

  • She was a Thaw Fellow for Harvard University at the Peabody Museum.

  • From 1967 to 1969, she was a Research Fellow in New England Archaeology and an Assistant Curator of North American Archaeology from 1970 to 1972.

  • Dr. Dincauze also received the Chancellor’s Medal and Distinguished Faculty Lecturer from the University of Massachusetts in 1989.

  • The Society for American Archaeology presented her with the Distinguished Service Award in 1997.

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Bibliography  :
The Neville Site: 8,000 Years at Amoskeag, Manchester, New Hampshire (Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology),Prehistoric resources of east-central New England: A preliminary predictive study ,Cremation cemeteries in eastern Massachusetts (Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, v. 59, no. 1) .