Warren King Moorehead | |
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| Born | March 10, 1866 |
| Died | January 5, 1939 (aged 72) |
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Warren King Moorehead was known in his time as the 'Dean of American archaeology'; born in Siena, Italy to missionary parents on March 10, 1866, he died on January 5, 1939, at the age of 72, and is buried in his hometown of Xenia, Ohio.
Moorehead is credited with excavating more ancient earthworks than all archaeologists before and after him.[1] 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.[2][3] That said, Moorehead was influential in the preservation of some historical sites such as Fort Ancient.[4]
- ^ 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.
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