![]() ![]() Cotter then began working toward a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1935, where he failed his prelims. in Anthropology from the University of Denver, Cotter continued and earned an M.A., conducting research at a series of prehistoric sites in the western United States and writing a thesis under E.B. "If you're interested in something enough you'll make a living in it." So I took him at his word and went ahead. What would you say I'd better do?" And he told me something I've never forgotten. I went to the Dean of Men, and said, "I find that I have actually come to a major in anthropology and I don't know whether I can make a living at it. Cotter quickly found that he had accrued more credits in anthropology than any other subject. He graduated from one of the Denver's high school and attended the University of Denver where he worked for the National Youth Administration, and tutored students in geology, expecting that he would study English and pursue a career in journalism. ![]() He spent his childhood in Colorado, Washington, Montana and California, due to the nature of his father's job. John Lambert Cotter (6 December 1911 – 5 February 1999) was an American archaeologist whose career spanned more than sixty years and included archaeological work with the Works Progress Administration, numerous posts with the National Park Service, and contributions to the development of historical archaeology in the United States.Ĭotter was born in Denver, Colorado to John Aloysius Cotter and Bertha Becker Cotter. ![]()
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