Edgar L. Hewett photograph collection relating to Mitla
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 172
name: label: Creator
content: Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946
label: Photographer
content: Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940
place: label: Place
content: Mexico -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Mitla Site (Mexico)
creator: label: Creator
content: Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946
culture: label: Culture
content: Zapotec
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Edgar Lee Hewett (1865-1946) was an archeologist and anthropologist known for his work in the American Southwest and his role in the passage of the Antiquities Act.  Born in Illinois, Hewett taught at several country schools before becoming Superintendent of Schools in Missouri and Colorado (1889-1898)  It was during his superintendency in Colorado that he conducted his first archeological field work on the Pajarito Plateau and at Pecos.  He continued in education administration and served as president (1898-1903) of the Normal University at Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he organized archeology courses and led field expeditions.  In 1906, Hewett left education to work as Director of American Research for the Archaeological Institute of America, a position he held until his death.  Over three seasons (1910-1912), Hewett excavated the Maya site of Quiringua and explored Maya sites in Guatemala.  His Maya studies were exhibited at the San Diego Museum, which he founded and directed (1917-1929), and published in his second major book, Ancient Life in Mexico and Central America (1935).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The original negatives may have been loaned for printing by Edgar L. Hewett from the Bureau of American Ethnology.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.172
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs and copies of drawings documenting the structures at Mitla archeological site, including the Columns Group and palace building and associated sculptures. There is also a photograph of the Beau Relief at Palenque, published in the Field Columbian Museum's journal "Anthropology." Some of the copy photographs were probably made by De Lancey Gill.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 123.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Hewett photographs are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 78 and Photo Lot 14.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Hewett is held in the National Anthropological Archives in the Ales Hrdlicka papers, John Peabody Harrington papers, Neil Merton Judd papers, records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, MS 4558, and MS 4372(8).