Thomas Dale Stewart photographs of Townsend Site, Delaware
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 86-4
name: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
place: label: Place
content: Townsend (Del.)
label: Place
content: Delaware -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
creator: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997) was a physical anthropologist who focused on diagnostic characteristics of human skeletons. He began his career in the Division of Physical Anthropology of the United States National Museum as an aide to Ales Hrdlicka in 1927. He advanced to Curator of the Division in 1942 and to Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology in 1961. Stewart provided general supervision and advice for the Townsend Site excavations (circa 1948-1949) which were conducted by the Sussex (Delaware) Society of Archeology and History.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slide (1 black and white slide)
label: Extent
content: 133 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1948-1949
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Thomas Dale Stewart, 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.86-4
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of burials and pits at the Townsend Site excavation. The photographs were probably made by T. Dale Stewart, but possibly made by Henri Geiger Omwake, one of the local archeologists heading the project.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Reports on the Townsend Site excavation can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4669 and 7223.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Henri Geiger Omwake papers and the Thomas Dale Stewart papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts and specimens from the Townsend Site can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accessions 187165, 185305, 188932, 191188, and 385319.