| LC control no. | n 81017867 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947- |
| Variant(s) | Schiffer, M. B. (Michael Brian), 1947- Schiffer, Michael Brian, 1947- Schiffer, Michael (Michael Brian), 1947- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1947-10-04 |
| Field of activity | Anthropology Archaeology Technological innovations Technology--History Detective and mystery stories |
| Affiliation | University of Maryland, College Park University of Arizona Smithsonian Institution Lemelson Center National Museum of American History (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | University and college faculty members Anthropologists Archaeologists College teachers Historians Novelists |
| Found in | His Behavioral archeology, 1975. Archaeological resource management in Australia ... 1979: t.p. (M.B. Schiffer) His Formation processes of the archeol. record, 1987: CIP t.p. (Michael B. Schiffer) data sheet (b. 1947) His The portable radio in Am. life, c1991: t.p. (Michael Brian Schiffer) His Technological perspectives on behavioral change, 1992: CIP t.p. (Michael Brian Schiffer) data sheet (b. Oct. 4, 1947) Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 26, 2023: Michael Brian Schiffer (Michael Brian Schiffer (born October 4, 1947) is an American archaeologist and one of the founders and pre-eminent exponents of behavioral archaeology. In the 1980s Schiffer's interests expanded to include technological change, and he and James M. Skibo built the Laboratory of Traditional Technology at the University of Arizona. Schiffer retired from the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona in 2014. He is currently a Research Associate in the Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brian_Schiffer> Discovery Machines, viewed Oct. 26, 2023 (Michael Brian Schiffer is perhaps best-known (amongst archaeologists of a certain age in the UK at least), for his development of behavioural archaeology, which looked at the changing relationships between people and things as a response to the processual archaeology of Binford et al. (Schiffer 1976; 2010), and for his work on the formation processes of the archaeological record (Schiffer 1987). But Schiffer also has an extensive track record of work on archaeological (and behavioural) approaches to modern technologies and technological change (e.g., Schiffer 1992; 2011) which receives little attention in the digital archaeology arena, in part because despite his interest in a host of other electrical devices involved in knowledge creation (e.g., Schiffer 2013, 81ff) he has little to say about computers beyond observing their use in modelling and simulation or as an example of an aggregate technology constructed from multiple technologies and having a generalised functionality (Schiffer 2011, 167-171).) <https://introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2023/08/29/discovery-machines/?print=print> Amazon, viewed Oct. 26, 2023: Down the Rabbit Hole (About the author: I am a retired archaeologist and historian of technology. I taught for 39 at the University of Arizona, and was the Fred A. Riecker Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. These days I am writing mystery novels. The first four are co-authored with my wife, Annette Schiffer: A Buzz About Campus, Holy Smoke!, A Tough Nut to Crack, and Vintage Crimes. Two more are in the works, all part of the series, The Oak Grove Chronicles. These novels are set in a fictional town, Oak Grove, in California, where there is a state University. The unusual crimes, including murders, are solved by the collaboration of a Sheriff's detective, Alan Bluestein, and a forensic archaeologist, Laura Mancini. In addition to keeping readers entertained with our warmhearted blend of serious and silly, we manage to poke fun at university life. We live in northern Virginia and enjoy travel and spending time with grandchildren. Recently I have sole authored a political mystery, Scoop of the Century: The Fateful Odyssey of Reporter Stella Weiss. Here is the blurb: Three months after the commission of a notorious assassination, the official investigation stalls. An ambitious and daring Black reporter at the L.A. Times, Stella Weiss, unearths the truth, writing about the perpetrators' backgrounds, surprising motivations, and how they pulled it off. Shortly after her story is published, Stella disappears. Scoop of the Century is the suspenseful and fast-paced tale of the reporter's extraordinary odyssey. In a master storyteller's crisp and lively prose, the book's memorable characters take readers along a riveting journey.) <https://www.amazon.com/Down-Rabbit-Michael-Brian-Schiffer/dp/B09M55W8KY> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 00108882 |
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