As president of New Mexico Normal University in 1898
Born
November 23, 1865
Warren County, Illinois
Died
December 31, 1946
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Education
D.Sc.
Occupation(s)
Archaeologist, anthropologist
Spouse(s)
Cora Whitford, Donizetta Jones Wood
Edgar Lee Hewett (November 23, 1865 – December 31, 1946) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist whose focus was the Native American communities of New Mexico and the southwestern United States. He is best known for his role in gaining passage of the Antiquities Act, a pioneering piece of legislation for the conservation movement; as the founder and first director of the Museum of New Mexico; and as the first president of the New Mexico Normal School, now New Mexico Highlands University.
Hewett's dealings with Maria Martinez, the matriarch potter of San Ildefonso Pueblo, were instrumental in establishing San Ildefonso as a center for Native American pottery. He helped stimulate the rebirth of pottery as a significant folk art form in the region.
Hewett also had a significant role in the formation of Bandelier National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park, established to preserve extensive prehistoric ruins of the Pueblo people whom he studied. The Antiquities Act, which he had worked on, authorized the establishment by the executive branch of such national monuments.
EdgarLeeHewett (November 23, 1865 – December 31, 1946) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist whose focus was the Native American communities...
Kenyon College, then got his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. EdgarLeeHewett is an anthropologist who received a degree in pedagogy from Tarkio...
with those of EdgarLeeHewett, an educator and amateur archaeologist whom she met in Mexico in 1906. Nicknamed "El Toro" (the bull), Hewett was a controversial...
an American archaeologist who studied under both Byron Cummings and EdgarLeeHewett. He was the long-term curator of archaeology at the United States National...
the Lincoln County War.[citation needed] In 1909 anthropologist Dr. EdgarLeeHewett invited the young archeologist Jesse L. Nusbaum to oversee the restoration...
American Research and the Museum of New Mexico, following the death of EdgarLeeHewett in 1946. He also began work on a large-scale popular work on ancient...
and created rifts amongst Southwest archaeologists and enthusiasts. EdgarLeeHewett, a famous early Southwest anthropologist, is widely cited at Manitou...
summer and in Pasadena, California during the winter. The archeologist EdgarLeeHewett may have contributed to this effort. Santa Fe and the United States...
anthropologist EdgarLeeHewett, to see for himself the extent of the pot hunters' impact. His findings, supported by an exhaustive report by Hewett to Congress...
Miguel Mission, built around 1620. According to noted archaeologist EdgarLeeHewett, the Barrio de Analco stood on the site of an earlier pueblo, which...
founded by ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher. Amateur archaeologist EdgarLeeHewett, who had achieved some status and donated substantial money to the...
in 1912 by a group led by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and EdgarLeeHewett. Hewett re-envisioned the Fiesta as a celebration of the history of New...
as New Mexico Normal School in 1893, with prominent archaeologist EdgarLeeHewett serving as its first president. The institution became New Mexico Normal...
pond lily or water lily.: 17 During an excavation in 1908 led by EdgarLeeHewett, a professor of archaeology and the founder and director of the Museum...
Gopal Joshi, first Indian woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine EdgarLeeHewett (1865–1946), American archaeologist and anthropologist George Katona...
year, EdgarLeeHewett, president of New Mexico Normal University (later renamed New Mexico Highlands University), mapped many Chacoan sites. Hewett and...
palaeobotany John Basil Hennessy (1925–2013) Australian; Near East EdgarLeeHewett (1865–1946) American; U.S. South-West, antiquities law Christian Gottlob...
Story of Man through the Ages," was assembled under archaeologist Dr. EdgarLeeHewett of the School of American Archaeology (later renamed the School of...
Tsireh moved to his parents' home. Awa Tsireh had the support of Dr. EdgarLeeHewett, who provided studio space for him in the Palace of the Governors....
to be a glossy jet black. Martínez, with help from anthropologist, EdgarLeeHewett researched historical designs and reproduced them on the pottery, later...
Chaco Canyon aroused the ire of professional archaeologists. In 1901, EdgarLeeHewett, President of New Mexico Highlands University accused the Hydes and...
Global Information