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Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 30
Creator
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
Publisher
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Photographer
Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
Place
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Colorado -- Antiquities
Topic
Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
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Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park
Biographical/Historical note
Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850‐1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist who served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 to 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. Some of his research focuses on the culture and history of the Pueblo Indians, an interest he developed while on a collecting trip in the western United States. In 1891, Fewkes became director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology. Embarking on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1895, he conducted excavations in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida. During the summers of 1908‐1909, 1915‐1916, and 1918-1922, Fewkes worked almost exclusively on excavations and repairs of ruins in Mesa Verde National Park.
Extent
45 Prints (silver gelatin and photostat)
3 sketches on graph paper
Date
circa 1919-1921
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.PhotoLot.30
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Maps
Drawings
Citation
Photo lot 30, Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Rights
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Genre/Form
Photographs
Maps
Drawings
Other Finding Aids note
finding aid available in the repository.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, drawings, and maps relating to Jesse Walter Fewkes' excavations in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Photographs depict the ruins and paths through the park before and after excavation and repair. There are also original photographs by George L. Beam made for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Some of the drawings are original illustrations for Fewkes' publications.
Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Fewkes photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4321, Photo Lot 1, and Photo Lot 86 (negatives).
The National Anthropological Archives also holds Fewkesʹs field notes and papers (MS 4408).
Correspondence from Fewkes held in the National Anthropological Archives in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park, circa 1919-1921
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Record ID
ebl-1503511995840-1503511995843-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39c68ccb1-ab10-4b5e-8613-3ffb70a55ee9

In the Collection

  • Two views of Square Tower House after excavation and repair

  • Pottery or stone bowl with mazelike design, from Far View Tower

  • Square Tower House before excavation and repair, viewed from the west

  • Man standing near the shed built over Earth Lodge A to protect it from the elements

  • View of Masonry Ruins of Cliff Dwelling, After Excavation And Repair

  • Ruins of Masonry Tower with Excavation Masonry Kiva and Log Ladder at Base

  • View of Non-Native Man, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Anthropologist, Beside Masonry Ruins of Temple; Ruins of Cliff Dwelling and Wood Ladder in Background

  • Excavated wall of Earth Lodge A showing adobe plastering on earth and one of the roof beams

  • View from Sun Point Road Showing Masonry Ruins of Cliff Dwelling

  • A reed mat (probably willow) found in the room west of Kiva D at Square Tower House, 1920

  • View of Trail from Sun Point Road to Fire Temple Showing Wood Ladders on Side of Cliff and Masonry Ruins on Top of Cliff

  • Interior of a kiva at Square Tower House showing masonry and log wall

  • View from Sun Point Road Showing Masonry Ruins of Cliff Dwelling

  • Square Tower House after excavation and repair, viewed from the south

  • View of a cliff face, with three men and one woman climbing across using a rope

  • Woman (possibly Mrs. Jesse Walter Fewkes) looking over a rail into Mesa Verde, probably near Square Tower House

  • Square Tower House before excavation and repair, viewed from the west

  • Masonry Ruins of Cliff Dwelling Beneath Overhang

  • View of Masonry Ruins of Cliff Dwelling, After Excavation And Repair

  • Jesse Walter Fewkes, Harriet Fewkes, and crew stabilizing ruins near Square Tower House

  • Square Tower House, viewed from below

  • Map of Mesa Verde Area Showing Location of Ruins

  • Fire symbols painted on a wall, probably from Fire Temple

  • Stone:Incised:Maze Design:Found with Ahola Kachina (Germ God)

Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park
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