China
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-
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content: Patty Jo Watson papers
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content: Patty Jo Watson papers / Series 1: Research
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2004-26, Subseries 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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content: Although Watson did not perform any excavations in China, she had ties to the excavation of Bancun village in Henan province. She served as an advisor for the excavation, providing blueprints for a flotation device and expertise on how to use it as well as other American archaeological methods. American ties to Chinese archaeology and participation in the excavation came about through the efforts of the Committee on Chinese Archaeology of the National Academy of Science's Committee on Scholarly Communication with China, which was chaired by Robert L. Thorp (a fellow professor at Washington University). Watson made numerous professional visits to China in the 1990s. This subseries includes correspondence, log books (Watson's term for her field journals), materials relating to the Committee on Chinese Archaeology, and photographs.