Gary O. Rollefson is an American Anthropologist born August 2, 1942. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1965 receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology.[1] After serving as a translator in the Vietnam War,[1] he went on to study anthropology at the the University of Arizona, where he was awarded a Master of Arts in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1978.[2]
Rollefson spent five years working at cave sites in Israel[1] while working toward his dissertation entitled, "A Quantitative and Qualitative Typological Analysis of Bifaces from the Tabun Excavations, 1967-1972."[2]
In 1978 Rollefson went to Jordan on a fellowship, working at archaeological sites outside Amman. He continues to do work in the region today. [1]
He has held various teaching positions throughout the United States, Jordan and Germany since 1970. Currently, he is Professor and the Department Chair of Anthropology at Whitman College.[2]
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