Chester Gorman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Chester Gorman

American anthropologist and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1938

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1981

Profession: art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Chester Gorman

  • Chester F.
  • Gorman (March 11, 1938 – June 7, 1981) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist. Born in Oakland, California, he grew up on his parent's dairy farm in Elk Grove.
  • He studied at the Sacramento State University and the University of Hawaii, where he also got his MA and his PhD. Chester Gorman worked mostly in Southeast Asia.
  • Among the most significant sites he worked are Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand and Spirit Cave in northwest Thailand, one of the major Hoabinhian sites.
  • While surveying for sites in northeast Thailand with Wilhelm Solheim between 1963-1964, Gorman also discovered the site of Non Nok Tha.Gorman excavated Spirit Cave (Tham Phii Man) once in 1966 for his dissertation research, and again in 1971.
  • He also excavated Banyan Valley Cave (Tham Sai) in 1972 and Steep Cliff Cave (Tham Phaa Can) in 1973. He died of cancer at age 43 in Sacramento. Publication record: Solheim II, Wilhelm G.
  • and Gorman, Chester F.
  • 1966.
  • Archaeological Salvage Program; Northeastern Thailand-First Season.
  • Journal of the Siam Society 54(2): 111-210. Gorman, Chester F.
  • 1969.
  • Hoabinhian: a pebble-tool complex with early plant associations in Southeast Asia.
  • Science 163: 671-673. Gorman, Chester F.
  • 1970.
  • Excavations at Spirit Cave, North Thailand: some interim interpretations.
  • Asian Perspectives 13: 79-107. Gorman, Chester.
  • 1970.
  • Hoabinhian: a pebble-tool complex with early plant associations in South-East Asia.
  • Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 35: 355-358. Gorman, Chester.
  • 1971.
  • The Hoabinhian and after: subsistence patterns in Southeast Asia during the late Pleistocene and early Recent periods.
  • World Archaeology 2(3): 300-320. Gorman, Chester F.
  • 1971.
  • Prehistoric research in northern Thailand: a cultural-chronographic sequence from the late Pleistocene through to the early recent period.
  • Ph.D.
  • dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i. Gorman, Chester and Charoenwongsa, Pisit.
  • 1972.
  • Inundation of archaeological sites.
  • In Ecological reconnaissance of the Quae Yai Hydroelectric Scheme, pp.
  • 131–145.
  • Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Gorman, Chester F.
  • and Handman-Xifaras, M.E.
  • 1974.
  • Modeles a priori et préhistoire de la Thailande: a-propos des débuts de l'agriculture en Asie du Sud-Est.
  • Études rurales 53-56: 41-71. Gorman, Chester and Charoenwongsa, Pisit.
  • 1976.
  • Ban Chiang: a mosaic of impressions from the first two years.
  • Expedition 18(4): 14-26. Gorman, Chester.
  • 1977.
  • A priori models and Thai prehistory: a reconsideration of the beginnings of agriculture in Southeastern Asia.
  • In Origins of Agriculture, edited by C.
  • A.
  • Reed, pp.
  • 321–355.
  • Mouton: The Hague. Gorman, C.F.
  • and Charoenwongsa, P.
  • 1978.
  • From Domestication to Urbanization: A Southeast Asian View of Chronology, Configuration and Change.
  • Paper Presented at the Symposium on the Origin of Agriculture and Technology: West or East? Aarhus, Denmark: 1-64. Gorman, Chester.
  • 1979.
  • Converging views on S.
  • E.
  • Asian prehistory: from Son-Vi to Dong-son.
  • (Summary in Vietnamese.) Khao Ko Hoc 4:81-82. White, Joyce C.
  • and Gorman, Chester F.
  • 2004.
  • Patterns in "Amorphous" Industries: The Hoabinhian Viewed through a Lithic Reduction Sequence.
  • In Southeast Asian Archaeology: Wilhelm G.
  • Solheim II Festschrift, edited by V.
  • Paz, pp.
  • 411–441.
  • The University of the Philippines Press: Diliman, Quezon City. Published obituaries: Chester Gorman Dies at 43.
  • 1981.
  • Journal of the Siam Society 69: 268. Rainey, Froelich.
  • 1981.
  • Chester Gorman.
  • Expedition 23(4): 2. Solheim II, Wilhelm G.
  • 1982.
  • Obituary: Chester F.
  • Gorman, 1938-1981.
  • American Antiquity 47(4): 795-797. Bayard, Donn and Charoenwongsa, Pisit.
  • 1982-1983.
  • Chet Gorman: An Appreciation 11 March 1938 – 7 June 1981.
  • Asian Perspectives 15(1): 1-12.

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