James Schoenwetter

James Schoenwetter was an American archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist whose career included work in the American Southwest. Arizona State University hosts a memorial page for him, and library records identify him as the author of How Old Is It? The Dating Story in Archaeology.

His professional work is associated with archaeological science, especially the study of ancient environments and plant remains. References to his research and consulting work appear in historical and archaeological publications, showing a long-standing role in helping interpret sites and environmental evidence.

For general readers, his authorship of a book on dating methods in archaeology suggests a talent for explaining how researchers piece together the timeline of the human past. He died in 2015.