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Edgar Lee Hewett.
American anthropologist and archaeologist (1865-1946)
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About Edgar Lee Hewett
Edgar Lee Hewett was an American archaeologist and anthropologist whose focus was the Native American communities of New Mexico and the southwestern United States. He is best known for his role in gaining passage of the Antiquities Act, a pioneering piece of legislation for the conservation movement; as the founder and first director of the Museum of New Mexico; and as the first president of the New Mexico Normal School, now New Mexico Highlands University.
Everything about Edgar Lee Hewett →- Occupation
- anthropologist, archaeologist
- Position held
- museum director
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 23, 1865
- Died
- December 31, 1946