J. W. Fewkes
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| J. W. Fewkes | |
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.jpg) Fewkes at the Mesa Verde Dwellings, c. 1910 | |
| Born | 14 November 1850 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Died | 31 May 1930 (79) [1] Forest Glen, Montgomery, Maryland |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, zoology (A.M.; Ph.D., 1877) |
| Affiliations | Smithsonian Institute, Bureau of American Ethnology (1895-1927) |
Jesse Walter Fewkes (November 14, 1850 - May 31, 1930) was an American naturalist, zoologist, ethnographer, and archaeologist, long associated with the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, noted for his expeditions in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, as well as the North American Southwest, where he recorded and documented the living traditions of the Walpi and Hopi.
Selected Bibliography
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter (1907), "The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands; and Certain Antiquities of Eastern Mexico", Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903-04, Washington: Government Printing Office, https://archive.org/details/aboriginesporto00fewkgoog
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter (1912), "Casa Grande, Arizona; and Antiquities of the Upper Verde River and Walnut Creek Valleys, Arizona", Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906-1907, Washington: Government Printing Office, https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu28smit
Resources
- Nichols, Frances S. (1919), Biography and Bibliography of Jesse Walter Fewkes, Washington, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001180274