Earl H. Morris

[1] He was born on October 24, 1889, in New Mexico, grew up near what became the Aztec Ruins National Monument, and died on June 24, 1956, in Boulder, Colorado.

After his studies, Morris returned to Aztec Ruins in 1917 as a representative of the American Museum of Natural History to explore the historic pueblo.

[3] She traveled in tandem with him and other notable figures in archaeology throughout the Southwest United States and Mexico with support from the Carnegie Institution to conduct fieldwork in the 1920s and 1930s.

These archaeological investigations led to the 69 publications from 1911 to 1956 and to extensive new collections of pottery, stone implements, baskets, sandals, and other artifacts for the institutions that supported his work.

As a prominent member of the archaeological community, Morris corresponded and collaborated with influential archaeologists, anthropologists, and other scientists of the era, including Nels Nelson, A. V. Kidder, Jesse Nusbaum, Walter Fewkes, Edgar Hewett, Clark Wissler, A. E. Douglass, Junius Henderson, and Sylvanus G. Morley.

The contributions of Earl Morris to the field of North American archaeology includes vast collections of museum artifacts and archives of personal and professional notes, correspondence, and other manuscripts.