CAMBRON, JAMES WILLIAM, 1920-1982

Biography:

Printer; archaeologist. Born– May 6, 1920, Dellwood, N.C. Parents– John Franklin and Carrie (Campbell) Cambron. Married– Doris Damron, March 9, 1945. Children– Two. Education– Public schools of Buncombe, N.C.  Military service WWII. Employed in the printing business. Active as an avocational archaeologist. Served as president of the local archaelogical society chapter and of the Alabama State Archaelogical Society. Awarded the recognition of Master Archaeologist by the Guild of American Prehistorians. Died September 23, 1982.

Source:

Mrs. James W. Cambron, Decatur.

Publication(s):

A Field Guide to Southeastern Point Types. Decatur, Ala.; Author, 1973.

Joint_Publication(s):

Handbook of Alabama Archaeology; Pt. I, Point Types; Pt. II, Uniface Blades and Flake Tools.  Moundville, Ala.; Archaeological Research Association of Alabama, 1964-1967.

Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter Excavations. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1962.