Tristram_Randolph_Kidder

Tristram Randolph Kidder (born 1960) is an American archaeologist and professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on geoarcheology, climate change, and the evolution of human societies. He has studied cultures in different parts of the world, such as the Southeastern United States as well as China. Kidder is considered an authority on human settlements in the Mississippi River Valley and has researched how they were affected by prehistoric global climate change. Kidder's grandfather, Alfred Kidder, was an archeologist who researched the southwestern U.S. and Mesoamerica during the first half of the 20th century and his uncle, Alfred Kidder, 2d, was also an archeologist. Alfred Kidder, 2d's work focused on Andean archeology, pre-Columbian art and for almost 20 years, he moderated a CBS program called What in the World?