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1. Seizing the moment: collaboration and cooperation in the founding and growth of the Museum of Northern Arizona, 1928-2008

Author

Wilcox, David R.

Subjects
Smithsonian Institution Press, Gillette Co. -- Achievements and awards -- Growth, University of Arizona Press -- Achievements and awards -- Growth, Harvard University Press -- Achievements and awards -- Growth, Pecos Conference -- 2008 AD, Fishes -- Growth, Book publishing -- Achievements and awards -- Growth, Personal care appliances industry -- Achievements and awards -- Growth, Museums -- Achievements and awards, Publishing industry -- Growth -- Achievements and awards, Company growth, Publishing industry, Regional focus/area studies, Lowell Observatory -- Growth, American Museum of Natural History -- Growth, Society for American Archaeology -- Growth, Indiana University -- Growth, Arizona State Museum -- Growth
Abstract

On September 6, 1928, the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) first opened its doors to the public at the new Woman's Club building in the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona. The [...]

Published
2010

2. Ancient cultural interplay of the American Southwest in the Mexican Northwest

Author

Wilcox, David R., Wiegand, Phil C., Wood, J. Scott, and Howard, Jerry B.

Subjects
Southwestern United States -- Social aspects, Mexico -- Social aspects, Archaeology -- Analysis -- Social aspects -- Research, Ethnology -- Research -- Analysis -- Social aspects, Cultural relations -- History -- Social aspects -- Analysis -- Research, Regional focus/area studies, Social aspects, Analysis, Research, History
Abstract

A basic question in Southwestern archaeology concerns the cultural connectivity of its prehispanic populations with their neighbors in Mexico. Were Southwestern populations culturally 'autochthonous' after the introduction of cultigens and [...]

Published
2008

3. Creating a firm foundation: the early years of the Arizona State Museum

Author

Wilcox, David R.

Subjects
Arizona State Museum -- Management, Arizona State Museum -- History, Arizona State Museum -- Finance, Museums -- Management, Museums -- History, Museums -- Finance, Company business management, Company financing
Abstract

For the English in the seventeenth century, the direct observation of nature was a way to see and celebrate God's design, and a way to find practical insights (Greene 1959; […]

Published
2005

4. The beginnings of anthropological archaeology in the North American Southwest: from Thomas Jefferson to the Pecos Conference

Author

Wilcox, David R. and Fowler, Don D.

Subjects
Southwestern United States -- History, Pecos Conference -- History, Anthropological research -- History, Ethnologists -- History, Regional focus/area studies, History
Abstract

This special monograph issue of Journal of the Southwest presents a developmental history of anthropological archaeology in the North American Southwest within the context of western American exploration, the rise [...]

Published
2002

5. Arizona's First Sacred Site: The Mystique of the Casa Grande, 1848-1889

Author

Hinsley, Curtis M. and Wilcox, David R.

Subjects
Archaeological expeditions -- Description and travel, United States history -- Arizona, Casa Grande, Arizona -- History
Abstract

One night in late January 1888, a small group of men was camping under a full moon within the walls of the Casa Grande. Their leader was Frank Hamilton Cushing, [...]

Published
2000

7. Salado. (Reviews)

Author

Wilcox, David R.

Subjects
Salado (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Abstract

Salado. JEFFREY S. DEAN, editor. 2000. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. xix + 389 pp. $45.00(cloth), ISBN 0-8263-2169-0. In 1995 the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) sponsored a second advanced [...]

Published
2003

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