ADAMS, ROBERT MCCORMICK

(1926– )

   American archaeologist and anthropologist who in the 1950s and 1960s pioneered largescale and longtime surface surveys, using arial photography and historical records to study patterns of land use, settlements, and urbanization in Iraq. His publications on Mesopotamia include Heartland of Cities (1962), Land behind Baghdad (1965), and The Uruk Countryside (1972, with H. J. Nissen).