Waldo Rudolph Wedel
Date of Birth :
September 10, 1908
Place of Birth :
Newton, Kansas
Country :
United States
Field of Expertise :
Archaeologist
Educational background :
He studied at Bethel College in Newton.He then studied at University of Arizona for archaeology.later he studied in University of Nebraska for a M.A. degree.University of California, Berkeley for his Ph.D
Acheivements / Contributions :
Plains Anthropological Society—first Distinguished Service Award to Waldo and Mildred Mott Wedel
Society for American Archaeology—Distinguished Service Award
Kansas State University—Honorary Sc.D. degree
University of Nebraska—Honorary Sc.D. degree
Bethel College—Distinguished Alumnus Award
Washington Academy of Sciences—Award for Distinguished Service in Biological Sciences
Bibliography :
Waldo Rudolph Wedel was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites. In 1939 he married Mildred Mott, a fellow archaeologist and ethnohistorian. Wedel died in 1996 in Boulder.
