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| | 1 | Author: | Martin, George Castor, 1885- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Who Were the Big Bend Basket-Makers?
1939 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939 | | | | Abstract: | Typescript about the archaeology of early native peoples in the southwest region of Texas and across the border into Coahuila, Mexico. Martin
describes a culture, also referred to as Toboso, that he has named the Big Bend Basket-Makers, because of similarities with the Basket Makers
of Arizona and New Mexico. He discusses linguistic groups and migrations, as well as diagnostic traits related to skull shape, textiles, baskets,
cloud-blowers, and projectile points. Photographs of a map and projectile points are attached. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Coahuila (State) -- Antiquities. | Indians of North America -- Texas -- Antiquities. | Projectile points -- Texas -- Photographs. | Toboso Indians. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 2 | Author: | Houle, Emile Cyrus | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Emile Cyrus Houle Collection
1896-2010,
(bulk 1910-1927) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1896-2010, | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials, 1896-2010 (bulk 1910-1927).
This collection is comprised of photo albums, scrapbooks, loose photographs,
and printed materials documenting the life and travels of Emile Cyrus Houle.
The bulk of the material relates to his medical career as a surgeon for the
S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company and USA Medical Corps in France during WWI,
and archaeological excavations undertaken in Mexico and the American southwest.
Topics of interest include the Mexican Revolution, WWI, and medical research
and publications on a number of topics including yellow fever on the northwest
coast of Mexico in the early-mid 1920s. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Ixtlán del Río (Nayarit, Mexico) -- Antiquities | Mexico -- Antiquities | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 | Railroads -- Mexico | World War, 1914-1918 | Yellow fever -- Mexico | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Gaede, Marnie | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Camera, Spade and Pen records,
1974-1981 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1974-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Records, 1974-1980, relating to
Camera, Spade, and Pen. Contains chiefly
correspondence between the editor, Marnie Gaede, and the contributing authors
of the book,
Camera, Spade, and Pen, published by The
University of Arizona Press in 1980. Also included are drafts of chapters by
each author. The supplemental files in the second series relate to the
production of the book, and include author releases, the final map of major
archaeological sites in the Southwest, an introductory letter to the authors,
and biographical perspective information about the book's
contributors. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New --
Antiquities | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Smiley, Terah L. (Terah Leroy),
1914- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Terah L. Smiley Papers 1914-1991
(bulk 1956-1970) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1914-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, reports and articles concerning Smiley’s
faculty career at the University of Arizona, as director of the Tree-Ring
Laboratory, and as director of the Geochronology Department, as well as his work on
committees of various regional, national and international organizations related to
his field. Much of the content is administrative and related to departmental
planning and development and work with professional organizations over the years but
some involves working with others on research interests. Also present are materials
about arid lands and Arizona places such as Tumamoc Hill, Sunset Crater, and the
Petrified Forest. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | University of Arizona—Administration—History—Sources. | University of Arizona—Faculty. | Arid regions climate—Southwest, New. | Geological time—Research. | Dendrochronology—Research. | Scientists—Arizona. | Scientists—United States. | Tumamoc Hill (Ariz.). | Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)—Antiquities. | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (Ariz.)--Antiquities. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Ward, Albert E.
Fontana, Bernard L. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Albert Ward papers, 1953-2009 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1953-2009 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of research materials relating to
Albert E. Ward's archeological work in New Mexico. A majority of the collection
references "Site 48," a ruin that Ward excavated in New Mexico. Site 48's authenticity
was later called into question, leading to several legal battles in which Ward
participated, claiming that the site was authentic and his evidence was proof of a
Spanish-Indian residential fort. Materials include correspondence, maps, reports, notes,
and research files. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Archaeology | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities | Historic sites -- New Mexico | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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