- Alfred Vincent Kidder 1885-1963 While regarded as of the leading American archaeologist of his time, Alfred Kidder was also the recipient of harsh criticism by fellow colleagues for being too conservative in his research as well as for conclusions that seemed to lack significance. His contributions to archaeology, though, are undeniably important; Kidder developed the first comprehensive, ...www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/biography/arybios98/krochenskibio.html