Rathje, William L

LC control no.	n 82116055
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rathje, William L. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rathje, W. L. (William L.)
Associated country	United States Mexico
Birth date	1945-07-01
Death date	2012-05-24
Place of death	Tucson (Ariz.)
Affiliation	University of Arizona. Department of Anthropology Proyecto Arqueológico Cozumel Garbage Project (University of Arizona) Stanford University
Profession or occupation	Archaeologists Photographers
Found in	His Archaeology, c1982: t.p. (William L. Rathje, Univ. of Arizona) Characterization of household hazardous waste from Marin County, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988: (W.L. Rathje) p. 2 (Univ. of Arizona, Tucson) His Rubbish! c1992: CIP t.p. (William L. Rathje) data sheet (b. 7/1/41) University of Arizona website, UA news, William L. Rathje: 1945-2012, June 5, 2012 (prof. emeritus at the Univ. of Arizona; d. May 24, Tucson, age 66; native of Wheaton, Ill.; graduated from UA in 1967, doctorate at Harvard 1971; began teaching anthropology at UA that year; began career in archaeology of Mesoamerica / Maya culture, co-director of Cozumel Archaeological Project in 1973; began the Garbage Project in 1973, which ran for 30 years; beginning of "garbology"; retired from the UA in 2000, joined Stanford Univ. as research fellow in archaeology and consulting prof. in anthropology; returned to Tucson in 2010) Wikipedia, Apr. 22, 2014 (William Rathje; William Laurens Rathje; July 1, 1945-May 24, 2012) Catching your breath in grief, 2019: title page (photography by William L. Rathje) about the photography page (renowned archaeologist best known for The Garbage Project; photos appeared in National Geographic, Natural History, and Shambala Sun; photographed the natural world to provide vivid emotional connections with the assimilation of life's ups and downs)
National bib agency no.	1039D2919E
Associated language	eng
Quality code	nlc