Wes Cowan
{{short description|American anthropologist, auctioneer, and appraiser of antiques}}
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| birth_name = C. Wesley Cowan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|09|4}} Cf. bio in {{IMDb name|0184538}}
| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky
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| nationality = American
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| known_for = History Detectives
| occupation = anthropologist, antiques appraiser, TV personality
| alma_mater = University of Kentucky (B.A. and M.A., Anthropology)
University of Michigan (Ph.D., Anthropology)
| website = {{URL|cowanauctions.com}}
| spouse = Shelley Cowan (1978 - )
| children = 2
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C. Wesley Cowan (born September 4, 1951, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American anthropologist, auctioneer, and appraiser of antiques. He is an owner of Cowan's Auctions, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Education and career
Cowan is a licensed auctioneer in Ohio and received a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan.[http://www.cowanauctions.com/files/bio.pdf "BIO: Wes Cowan"], cowanauctions.com
After receiving his Ph.D., he taught at the Anthropology Department of Ohio State University.
In 1984, Cowan moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to be the Curator of Archaeology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science. He has published in the fields of American archaeology and paleoethnobotany.
In 1995, he left academia and founded his antiques business, Cowan's Auctions, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cowan has been a regular in the PBS series Antiques Roadshow and History Detectives.Kiesewetter, John (2003) [http://enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/14/tem_wwwtem3tv14.html "Appraiser Cowan to co-host new antiques show on PBS"], Cincinnati Enquirer, July 14, 2003, p. C2{{cite news | author=Serwer, Adam | title=The Secret History Of The Photo At The Center Of The Black Confederate Myth | date=April 17, 2016 | work=BuzzFeed News | url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/the-secret-history-of-the-photo-at-the-center-of-the-black-c#.qi9YRwpM0 | accessdate=2016-04-18}}
Selected publications
= Books =
- Cowan, C. Wesley; Watson, Patty Jo, (editors), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Sl8w4FwWi48C The Origins of Agriculture in International Perspective], Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, January 28, 2006 (originally published in 1992 by The Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. {{ISBN|0874749905}})
- Brose, David S.; Cowan, C. Wesley; Mainfort, Robert C., (editors), Societies in Eclipse: Eastern North America at the Dawn of European Colonization, Washington, S.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001.
- Brose, David S.; Cowan, C. Wesley; Mainfort, Robert C., (editors), [http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780817383398 Societies in Eclipse: Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700], Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2010
- Cowan, C. Wesley, First farmers of the middle Ohio Valley : Fort Ancient societies, A.D. 1000-1670, Cincinnati, Ohio : Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, 1987
References
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External links
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Category:American antiques experts
Category:American television personalities
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:Television personalities from Louisville, Kentucky