Janet D. Spector, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janet D. Spector

American archaeologist

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1944

Place of Birth: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 13-Sep-2011

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Janet D.
Spector (October 21, 1944 – September 13, 2011) was an American archaeologist.
She is known for her contributions to the archaeology of gender and ethnoarchaeology.
She is the author of What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village, a book which combines Spector's autobiography with the excavation of the Little Rapids site (also known as Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe) in Scott County, Minnesota and a fictional story of a young Dakota woman who lived in the village.
While a professor at the University of Minnesota, Spector helped found the women's studies program at the university, and chaired the program from 1981 to 1984