National Anthropological Archives

Sheldon Judson photographs of San Jon archeological site and surrounding areas, circa 1947

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.97-24
Creators:
Judson, Sheldon
Dates:
circa 1947
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
1 positive in original glass mount
35 mm
57 Negatives
acetate
9 Color slides
69 Prints
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Images of excavations at San Jon archeological site, surrounding areas and terrain, and a burial near Lila, Texas.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Sheldon Judson (1918-1999) was an archeologist and professor of geosciences at Princeton University. Judson wrote his Geology PhD dissertation on the San Jon region and took part in Frank H. H. Roberts's Smithsonian-sponsored excavations at San Jon in 1941 and 1947. He wrote numerous geo-archeological reports, including "Geology of the San Jon Site, Eastern New Mexico," published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1953.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Prints and negatives by Vance T. Holliday, who received them from Sheldon Judson, in 1995. Slides donated by Holliday in 1997.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 97-24, Sheldon Judson photographs of San Jon archeological site and surrounding areas, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Judson held in the National Anthropological Archives in the Frank Harold Hanna Roberts, Jr., papers and photographs (MS 4851) and the River Basin Surveys Records.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 97-24
,
NAA Photo Lot 96-2

Bibliography

Bibliography
Photograph published in Vance T. Holliday, Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Geology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
San Jon (N.M.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
New Mexico -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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