Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation

The Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation was founded in 1928 in Globe, Arizona by Harold S. Gladwin and Winifred (MacMurdy) Gladwin.Haury, Emil W. (1992)"Emil Haury's Prehistory of the American Southwest: Edited by J. Jefferson Reid and David E. Doyel", Tucson & London: The University of Arizona Press ] The purpose of the foundation was to conduct archaeological research in the American Southwest and surrounding areas.

Beginning

Harold S. Gladwin was a New York City stockbroker who left his position there and moved to Santa Barbara, California. [http://books.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/ehaury.html Emil Walter Haury, May 2, 1904—December 5, 1992 | By Raymond Harris Thompson, Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., and James Jefferson Reid | Biographical Memoirs ] ] There he met his future wife Winifred and William North Duane who introduced Gladwin to his cousin, the famous Southwestern archaeologist A.V. Kidder. [http://books.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/ehaury.html Emil Walter Haury, May 2, 1904—December 5, 1992 | By Raymond Harris Thompson, Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., and James Jefferson Reid | Biographical Memoirs ] ] Gladwin spent two field seasons with Kidder in northern Arizona. It was at that time when Gladwin's passion and curiosity for the Southwest grew and inspired him to start Gila Pueblo. [http://books.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/ehaury.html Emil Walter Haury, May 2, 1904—December 5, 1992 | By Raymond Harris Thompson, Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., and James Jefferson Reid | Biographical Memoirs ] ]

Research

With the backing and funding of Gladwin Gila Pueblo was able to do excavations and research throughout the Southwest. One of the most important contributions made by people working for Gila Pueblo was defining the Hohokam culture. One of the people inviolved in this definition was the young Emil Haury. In 1930 Haury became the assistant director of Gila Pueblo. [http://books.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/ehaury.html Emil Walter Haury, May 2, 1904—December 5, 1992 | By Raymond Harris Thompson, Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., and James Jefferson Reid | Biographical Memoirs ] ] Another accomplishment made by Gila Pueblo was the defining of the Cochise Culture.Sayles, E.B., and Ernst Antevs (1941) "The Chochise Culture", Medallian Papers: Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona]

In 1950 Gila Pueblo shut down and donated its collection to the Arizona State Museum. The building in which the foundation was located is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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External links

* [http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/medallion The Medallion papers published by Gila Pueblo]