Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Warren K. Moorehead
Warren K. Moorehead | |
|---|---|
 1898 | |
| Born | March 10, 1866 |
| Died | January 5, 1939 (aged 72) |
| Signature | |
 | |
Warren King Moorehead (March 10, 1866 – January 5, 1939) was an American archaeologist and writer who worked on excavating and surveying various Native American sites, including Fort Ancient.[1] Moorehead the first curator of the Ohio Archaeological Society[2] and was deemed the "Dean of American archaeology". He died on January 5, 1939, at the age of 72, and is buried in his hometown of Xenia, Ohio.[1]
Moorehead is credited with excavating more ancient earthworks than all archaeologists before and after him.[3] Due to Moorehead's primary focus on artifact recovery in his early career, his often careless documentation of excavated sites, and the fact that he lost many of his own important field notes (including those from 1891 at the Hopewell Site), Moorehead is often remembered as a destructive force among modern archaeologists.[4][5] That said, Moorehead was influential in the preservation of some historical sites such as Fort Ancient.[6]
- ^ a b Byers, Douglas S. (1939). "Warren King Moorehead". American Anthropologist. 41 (2): 286–294. ISSN 0002-7294.
- ^ ohc_admin (May 2, 2014). "The Curator appeals to you that you interest yourself in a matter of such vital importance". Ohio History Connection. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ Converse, Robert (2003). The archaeology of Ohio. The Archaeological Society of Ohio. p. 259. ISBN 0-9744311-0-9.
- ^ Lynott, Mark (2014). Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. Oxbow Books. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-78297-754-4.
- ^ Prufer, Olaf H. (1997). Fort Hill 1964: New data and reflections on Hopewell Hilltop Enclosures in Southern Ohio. In: Ohio Hopewell community organization. Kent University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0-87338-561-6.
- ^ Moorehead, Warren K. Fort Ancient, an Outline Description Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 1891. 3:312-315.
Previous Page Next Page
