Herbert Clemens Kraft

Herbert Clemens Kraft (1927–2000) was an archaeologist from New Jersey, specializing in prehistory.He wrote numerous books about archaeology in New Jersey, the Lenape and the Paleo-indians of New Jersey, as well as over 170 articles in his career.

Kraft was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1927. He graduated from Seton Hall University in 1950 and finished his graduate work at Seton Hall in 1961 and at Hunter College in 1969, with degrees in history and anthropology respectively.Kraft later became a professor of anthropology at Seton Hall. He died in 2000.