Dr. Gary Crawford
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2007
Academy
Academy of Social Sciences
Discipline
Anthropology / Archaeology
Department
Department of Anthropology
Keywords
Archaeology, palaeoethnobotany, China, Japan, Ontario
Long Citation
Gary Crawford is a leader in the investigation of human-plant interaction in prehistory. Among his discoveries he demonstrated that the Ainu of Northern Japan were farmers, not hunter-gatherers as was presumed for well over a century, thereby also impacting views on Japanese origins. Crawford also led a team that discovered how and when agriculture developed in pre-contact Ontario. Most recently, he is the first to document the nature and timing of the development of North Chinese agriculture that early in its history relied on millets, legumes, rice and wheat. He has coauthored two general anthropology texts and developed and hosted an archaeology series for TVOntario.
Short Citation
Gary Crawford is a leader in the investigation of human-plant interaction in prehistory. He has made significant contributions to understanding agricultural origins in eastern North America, Japan and China. Among his discoveries he demonstrated that the Ainu of Northern Japan were farmers, not hunter-gatherers as was presumed for well over a century, thereby also impacting views on Japanese origins.
Gary Crawford is a leader in the investigation of human-plant interaction in prehistory. Among his discoveries he demonstrated that the Ainu of Northern Japan were farmers, not hunter-gatherers as was presumed for well over a century, thereby also impacting views on Japanese origins. Crawford also led a team that discovered how and when agriculture developed in pre-contact Ontario. Most recently, he is the first to document the nature and timing of the development of North Chinese agriculture that early in its history relied on millets, legumes, rice and wheat. He has coauthored two general anthropology texts and developed and hosted an archaeology series for TVOntario.
Short Citation
Gary Crawford is a leader in the investigation of human-plant interaction in prehistory. He has made significant contributions to understanding agricultural origins in eastern North America, Japan and China. Among his discoveries he demonstrated that the Ainu of Northern Japan were farmers, not hunter-gatherers as was presumed for well over a century, thereby also impacting views on Japanese origins.