National Anthropological Archives

Photographs and report on the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project, circa 1964

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.134A
Creators:
Osborne, Douglas (probable collector and author)
Dates:
circa 1964
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
61 Prints
silver gelatin
1 Volume
report
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs and papers documenting the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project in Mesa Verde National Park. The photographs depict collection and analysis of specimens, site excavation and stabilization, archeological surveying, and other activites and people associated with the project. The collection also includes the project's annual report to the National Geographic Society for 1964; the report includes status of ancillary studies, a budget report, and additional photographs documenting the project.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Funded by the National Park Service and the National Geographic Society, the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project excavated 15 sites on Wetherill Mesa in Mesa Verde National Park from 1958 to 1963. Under the supervision of Douglas Osborne, the project included archeologists Alden C. Hayes, George S. Cattanach, Arthur H. Rohn Jr., J. Anthony Pomeroy, and advisors Frank H. H. Roberts Jr., Emil W. Haury, J. O. Bew, and Robert H. Lister. The project photographer was Fred E. Mang Jr., who arrived in 1961.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 134A, Photographs and report on the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Douglas Osborne is held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4846 and the Jesse Logan Nusbaum Papers, Donald Jayne Lehmer Papers, and Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 134A


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Archeological research series. Wetherill Mesa excavations Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mang, Fred E., Jr. (probable photographer) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hayes, Alden C. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Erdman, James A. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cattanach, George S. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Osborne, Carolyn M. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nichols, Robert F. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Geographic Society (U.S.) (possible collector) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Welsh, Stanley L. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States. National Park Service (possible collector) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rohn, Arthur H., 1929- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wheeler, Richard Page Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Swannack, Jervis D. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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