Marshall Howard Saville (1867–1935) was an American
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
, born in
Rockport, Massachusetts
Rockport is a seaside New England town, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,992 in 2020. Rockport is located approximately northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. Rockport borders Gloucester ...
. He studied
anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...
at
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
(1889–1894), engaged in field work under
F. W. Putnam
Frederic Ward Putnam (April 16, 1839 – August 14, 1915) was an American anthropologist and biologist.
Biography
Putnam was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Ebenezer (1797–1876) and Elizabeth (Appleton) Putnam. After leavin ...
, and made important discoveries among the
mound builders
A number of pre-Columbian cultures are collectively termed "Mound Builders". The term does not refer to a specific people or archaeological culture, but refers to the characteristic mound earthworks erected for an extended period of more than 5 ...
in southern
Ohio
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. After 1903 he was professor of American archæology at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
. He also became director of an important private museum in New York, the
Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. The museum is part of the Smi ...
(
Heye Foundation
George Gustav Heye (1874 – January 20, 1957) was an American collector of Native American artifacts in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in North America. He founded the Museum of the American Indian, and his collection became the core of ...
). Saville conducted many explorations to various places such as
Yucatan, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia.
Saville was a founding member of
the Explorers Club
The Explorers Club is an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society with the goal of promoting scientific exploration and field study. The club was founded in New York City in 1904, and has served as a meeting point fo ...
, an organization formally established in 1905 and dedicated to promoting exploration and scientific investigation in the field.
Notes
External links
Mexican and Central American Archaeological Projects– Electronic articles published by the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
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American anthropologists
American archaeologists
Pre-Columbian scholars
Mesoamerican archaeologists
Mesoamerican anthropologists
American Mesoamericanists
People from Rockport, Massachusetts
Harvard University alumni
1867 births
1935 deaths
19th-century Mesoamericanists
20th-century Mesoamericanists
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