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Clarence H. Webb
1902–1999
A Louisiana pediatrician who became one of the South’s most respected archaeologists, he helped bring major prehistoric sites such as Poverty Point and Belcher Mound to wider attention. His work blended careful field research with a lifelong curiosity about the ancient cultures of the lower Mississippi Valley.
2 Audiobooks
The Smithport Landing Site: An Alto Focus Component in De Soto Parish, Louisiana
by Clarence H. Webb
The Caddo Indians of Louisiana
by Clarence H. Webb, Hiram F. Gregory
About the author
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 25, 1902, he built a career as a pediatrician while also becoming a major figure in American archaeology. Reliable sources describe him as an especially important amateur archaeologist in the southern United States, known for serious fieldwork, publication, and collaboration rather than archaeology as a casual sideline.
He is closely associated with research on prehistoric sites in Louisiana and the broader Southeast, including Poverty Point and the Belcher Mound site. His studies helped document Caddoan and other ancient cultures of the region, and his writing made him an enduring reference point for later archaeologists.
Webb died in Shreveport on January 18, 1991. Although the date you provided lists 1999, the sources I found consistently identify 1991 as the year of his death, and they remember him for bridging medicine and archaeology in a way that left a lasting mark on both Louisiana history and southeastern archaeological research.