Richard A. Gould (1939–2020)

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Richard Gould, Professor Emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, passed away last year at the age of 81. He was a world-renowned archaeologist, making major contributions to the fields of ethnoarchaeology, huntergatherer ecology, maritime archaeology, and forensic archaeology, and doing so in a variety of locations across the globe. While it is important to appreciate the large, international scale of his achievements, which have recently been reviewed by Pate, Veth, and Smith (2020), members of the SCA should know that he actually got his start here in California, and carried out innovative research Figure 1. Richard Allen Gould interviewing Tolowa consultants Lydie George T’uu-daadii-na (left) and Amelia Brown Yuu-k’wvt-day-na during 1964 excavations at Point St. George (CA-DNO-11), in the residential area of the site they helped to locate. A portion of the recorded plank house is visible in the trench on the right. Photo courtesy of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Richard Archives, Image 4968.