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175:(1926–2007). Though he died well before he became a nationally renowned anthropologist, his ideology became fundamental in modern anthropology. Goggin refused to be called an archaeologist in favor of his all-encompassing view on the subject. More specifically, he mapped out the first cultural and natural history of Florida. Goggin incorporated archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, history, and natural history to assign a chronological history to a cultural group based on trends and "cultural patterns". 82:
and love for anthropology spread to his students as enrollment in his classes continued to increase year after year. Goggin took every opportunity he could to work directly with his students, either in the field or in the archaeology laboratories that Goggin personally developed with the help of his peers. Goggin persisted in educating his students on the importance of
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Upon his receiving his Ph.D. from Yale in 1948, Goggin returned to the University of Florida as Associate Professor of Anthropology in the joint department of Sociology and Anthropology; this was the first appointment by a university to Anthropology in the entire state of Florida. Goggin's enthusiasm
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early on. As a collector of artifacts he found sampling very dangerous to the preservation of tangible history. While working and schooling in New Mexico, Goggin developed his own method of "controlled sample collecting". In this method he marked off 16 parts of the surface ground at Goodland Point
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Goggin's main study interest was the interaction between colonists and the natives. Therefore, most of his fieldwork was done in old colonial areas throughout Florida and the Caribbean, with the exception of the work done while in attendance at the University of New Mexico. Between 1936 and 1960 he
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In 1961, he was promoted to full Professor and Acting Head of the new Anthropology Department. Then in 1963, he was made Research Professor of Anthropology when his terminal cancer hindered his ability to work as instructor. He maintained a permanent address and a base of operation in Florida from
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While at Yale, Goggin continued to study the cultural history of Florida. For his dissertation, he created a chronology of Florida's history based on locations and periods with evidence of solid wood given way to "cultural patterns". He presented his argument and evidence from a standpoint of
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With the United States' involvement in World War II, Goggin took on the work as an engineer at Florida airports that were under construction. Physical disabilities left Goggin inadequate for overseas military efforts, but did not prevent his aid at the home front. After the war,
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in Gainesville, but did not complete his B.A at the university. It was here that he composed his first paper, "A Ceramic Sequence in South Florida", which explores the chronology of different pottery types of the Florida Natives. Soon he transferred to the
22:(May 27, 1916, Chicago – May 4, 1963, Gainesville) was a cultural anthropologist in the southwest, southeast, Mexico, and Caribbean, primarily focusing on the ethnology, cultural history, and typology of artifacts from archaeological sites. 139:
The main themes and ideology behind Goggin's work laid in his appreciation for the collection and examination of artifacts. Goggin attempted to set all the artifacts from a certain site into a chronology paying particular attention to
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of the region. Throughout high school, Goggin began collecting archaeological artifacts and exploring sites that he personally found, further establishing his love for the field of anthropological archaeology.
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midden. He collected and seriated the samples separately in order to establish a chronology of five distinct periods, and used the process to determine a theory of midden building for South Florida.
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Shortly after John M. Goggin's birth, his family moved to Miami, Florida, where Goggin's father, a dentist, had set up practice. Goggin would spend his early years here. Roaming in the
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ethnohistory, ethnology, and archaeology. The section of the dissertation specifically dealing with the Lower St. Johns area was later edited and published as the monograph
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in anthropology possible for Goggin. Later, he received his M.A. from Yale in 1946 and then a Ph.D. in 1948 under the instruction of lifetime colleague, Irving Rouse.
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spent a total of three and a half years doing field work in Mexico; he paid 30 visits to the Caribbean, while maintaining constant work in Florida.
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Goggin's theories on chronology of specimens and his revolutionary approach to archeology paved the way for modern archaeologists such as the late
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while maintaining part-time graduate studies at the University of New Mexico. From 1941 to 1942, he held the position of curator for the
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offered Goggin an assistantship in favor of his excavations of F.H. Sommer III at upper Matecumbe Key. This made graduate work at
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Goggin, John M. (1947). "A preliminary definition of archaeological areas and periods in Florida".
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which supplied Goggin with further experience in his inherent appreciation for artifacts.
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Goggin remained in New Mexico for the next few years, continuing field work on the
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Goggin, John M. (1950). "Stratigraphic tests in the Everglades National Park".
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Baerreis, David A. (1965). "Reviewed: Indian and Spanish selected writings".
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Space and Time Perspective in Northern St. Johns Archaeology, Florida
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Space and Time Perspective in Northern St. Johns Archeology, Florida
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Goggin, with the help of peers in Florida, founded the
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Index

Everglades
cultural history
ethnology
University of Florida
University of New Mexico
Pueblo Indians
Coronado State Monument
Yale Peabody Museum
Yale
ecology
ethnology
archaeology
Florida Anthropological Society
American Antiquity
Florida Academy of Sciences
Florida Historical Society
Society for American Archaeology
Southeastern Archaeology Conference
typology
stratification
natural history
sampling
William C. Sturtevant






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