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I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on October 4, 1947, to Louie and Frances-Fera Schiffer. In 1953 we moved to Los Angeles, where I grew up. My parents enjoyed a happy marriage for 63 years and provided a loving home. Neither parent had finished high school, but both were avid readers and instilled in me a love of learning and the expectation that I would attend UCLA.
At UCLA I took classes from Sally and Lewis Binford, James Hill, and James Sackett. During the summer of 1968, prior to my senior year, I attended Paul Martin’s summer program at Vernon, Arizona, whose staff included Fred Plog, Mark Leone, and Ezra Zubrow. These undergraduate experiences familiarized me with processual archaeology, which I expected to practice in graduate school. On December 22, 1968, I married Annette Leve, who remains my lover and best friend. Annette and I have two sons, Adam Joseph and Jeremy Alan, of whom we are very proud.
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Schiffer, M. B. 1976. Behavioral archeology. New York: Academic Press.
- 1987. Formation processes of the archaeological record. Albuquerque (NM): University of New Mexico Press.
- 1991. The portable radio in American life. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- 2010. Behavioral archaeology: principles and practice. London: Equinox.
- 2011. Studying technological change: a behavioral approach. Salt Lake City (UT): University of Utah Press.
Schiffer, M. B. & G. J. Gumerman. (ed.) 1977. Conservation archaeology: a guide for cultural resource management studies. New York: Academic Press.
Schiffer, M. B. & J. H. House. 1975. The Cache River Archeological Project: an experiment in contract archeology (Research series 8). Fayettville (AK): Arkansas Archaeological Survey.
Schiffer, M. B. & A. R. Miller. 1999. The material life of human beings: artifacts, behavior, and communication. London: Routledge.
Schiffer, M.B. & J.M. Skibo. 1987. Theory and experiment in the study of technological change. Current Anthropology 28: 595–622.
Schiffer, M. B., T. C. Butts & K. K. Grimm. 1994. Taking charge: the electric automobile in America. Reprinted 2002 with a new Preface. Washington (DC): Smithsonian Institution Press.
Further Reading
McGuire, R. H. & M. B. Schiffer. (ed.) 1982. Hohokam and Patayan: prehistory of southwestern Arizona. New York: Academic Press.
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Schiffer, M.B. (2014). Schiffer, Michael Brian (Modern World). In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1095
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