# Albert Goodyear

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**Albert C. Goodyear III** is an American [archaeologist](/source/Archaeology) who is founder and director of the *Allendale PaleoIndian Expedition* in [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina), where he has unearthed evidence that may greatly move back the date of occupation of [North America](/source/North_America) by [humans](/source/Human) to 50,000 years or more before the present.[1] His area of expertise includes the [Clovis culture](/source/Clovis_culture) which dates back about 13,000 years in North America.

Goodyear has been a professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, a branch of the [University of South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina) since 1974. He has a [bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) from the [University of South Florida](/source/University_of_South_Florida), a master's from the [University of Arkansas](/source/University_of_Arkansas), and a PhD from [Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_University).

The [Allendale, South Carolina](/source/Allendale,_South_Carolina) site, known as the [*Topper*](/source/Topper_(archaeological_site)) site, which has had ongoing excavations for several years, has unearthed many [artifacts](/source/Artifact_(archaeology)), as it was a long lasting site of human occupation due to an outcrop of [chert](/source/Chert), which was valuable for making stone tools.

Goodyear has authored over 100 articles and other publications and is a frequent lecturer on [paleo-Indian](/source/Paleo-Indian) archaeology.

## References

1. Vergano, Dan (November 17, 2004). ["Discovery puts humans in S. Carolina 50K years ago"](https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-17-earlyman-sc-usat_x.htm). *[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)*. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

## External links

- [The Topper site](https://archive.archaeology.org/online/news/topper.html)
- ["Archaeological Treasure Trove Surfaces in S.C."](https://web.archive.org/web/20090701090435/http://www.thestate.com/local/story/844270.html). Liz Mitchell. Jun. 28, 2009. *[The State](/source/The_State_(newspaper))*

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