James_B._Stoltman
James B. Stoltman
American archaeologist (1935–2019)
James B. Stoltman (6 February 1935 – 11 September 2019) was an American archaeologist who specialized in the American Midwest.
Stoltman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1] He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was chairman of the anthropology department.[2] He worked as an assistant professor from 1965-1970, an associate professor from 1970-1974, a full professor from 1974-1998, and a professor emeritus from 1998-2019.[3]
He focused on Great Lakes archaeology and research physical ceramic analysis on material from various parts of the world. Stoltman was considered a pioneer in ceramic petrography in the US, following Anna Shepard's expertise.[4] One of his contributions was developing a method for analyzing ceramic temper. He died in Madison, Wisconsin in 2019.[1] The archaeology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is named in his honor.[5]