George Grant MacCurdy photograph collection of skeletal material from the Peruvian Highlands
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 77-31
name: label: Collector
content: MacCurdy, George Grant, 1863-1947
topic: label: Topic
content: Human remains (Archaeology) -- Peru
creator: label: Collector
content: MacCurdy, George Grant, 1863-1947
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: George Grant MacCurdy (1863-1947) was an archeologist and physical anthropologist.  He studied at Harvard University and Yale University, and in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin.  For over thirty years, MacCurdy was a professor and curator of anthropological collections at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.  In 1921, MacCurdy cofounded the American School in France for Prehistoric Studies, which trained students how to conduct archeological investigations at prehistoric sites.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 100 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Thomas Dale Stewart, 1977.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.77-31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in "Human Skeletal Remains from the Highlands of Peru," American Journal of Physical Anthropology, volume 6 (1923), pages 217-329.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting Peruvian human skeletal remains, mostly skulls, possibly from the Bingham Expedition.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of skeletal material from Peru can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 73-26C, and Photo Lot 83-41.