David C. Hulse

David C. Hulse, identified in library and publishing records as David Carlisle Hulse, was an Alabama-based writer, illustrator, and archaeology collaborator. He is best known as the co-author, with James W. Cambron, of Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I, Point Types, a reference work first published in 1964 and later revised, created to give researchers and collectors a more practical system for classifying projectile points.

Later archaeological writing about the Cambron and Hulse collections describes him as Cambron’s longtime colleague and collaborator. That work notes that Hulse’s family donated thousands of artifacts from his collection to the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, and that the material had strong research value because of the careful records tied to the artifacts.

Available records also show a wider range of interests. Hulse contributed color illustrations to Alabama Birds and co-authored at least one ornithological article, suggesting a lasting interest in wildlife as well as archaeology. An obituary record describes him as the author of several books and articles on archaeology and as a noted painter of wildlife.