Stanley South

{{Short description|American archaeologist (1928–2016)}}

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| name = Stanley A. South

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| birth_name = Stanley Austin South

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|2|2}}

| birth_place = Boone, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age |2016|3|20|1928|2|2}}

| death_place = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.

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| fields = Archaeology

| workplaces = {{ublist |State Archives of North Carolina |South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology}}

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| alma_mater = {{ublist |Appalachian State University (B.S., Education) |University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A., Anthropology)}}

| thesis_title = A Study of the Prehistory of the Roanoke Rapids Basin

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| thesis_year = 1959

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| academic_advisors = Joffre L. Coe

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| known_for = Historical archaeology
Mean Ceramic Dating
Artifact Patterning Analysis

| awards = J. C. Harrington Award (1987)
Order of the Palmetto (1999){{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/archaeologist-who-made-first-excavations-at-bethabara-dead-at-age/article_d2673ea9-777a-52dd-b2aa-ed2e5a381fc7.html|title=Archaeologist who made first excavations at Bethabara dead at age 88|first=Melissa, Winston-Salem Journal|last=Hall|publisher=|accessdate=1 March 2018}}

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Stanley A. South (February 2, 1928 - March 20, 2016){{cite web|url=http://stateportpilot.com/news/article_c8241728-f1f5-11e5-a803-17f8952edae2.html|title=Dr. Stanley South, who rediscovered the ruins of Brunswick Town, dies|publisher=|accessdate=1 March 2018}} was an American archaeologist who was a major proponent of the processual archaeology movement. South's major contributions to archaeology deal in helping to legitimize it as a more scientific endeavor.{{cite book |title=Race and practice in archaeological interpretation |last=Orser |first=Charles E. |page=14 |year=2004 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-3750-4 }} Additionally, South participated in the excavation and research of a number of historic sites throughout North and South Carolina, including [http://www.towncreekindianmound.com Town Creek Indian Mound], Charles Towne Landing (SC), Brunswick Town, North Carolina, Bethabara Historic District (the first Moravian settlement in what is now Winston-Salem, NC), the John Bartlam site at Cain Hoy (SC), and Santa Elena (near Beaufort, SC), as well as Fort Dobbs and the Fayetteville Arsenal.Stanley A. South, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TN9DbJ8jRI4C An Archaeological Evolution] (Springer, 2005), pp. 191-92

Stanley South was an important pioneer of the theoretical background of Historical archaeology.

He first worked as state archaeologist in North Carolina and became 1969 professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology / University of South Carolina.