Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983

Edward (Ned) H. Spicer (1906-1983) was a noted cultural anthropologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, former president of the American Anthropological Association (1972), Guggenheim fellow, and University of Arizona professor emeritus. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Arizona in 1932 and his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1939. He is the author of numerous books, including: Pascua, a Yaqui Village in Arizona (1940), Cycles of Conquest: The Impact of Spain, Mexico, and the United States on the Indians of the Southwest, 1533-1960 (1962), Impounded People; Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers (1969) and The Yaquis: A Cultural History (1980).

Spicer worked extensively with the Yaqui Indians of Old Pascua Village and with the U.S. War Relocation Authority during WWII. He taught anthropology at the University of Arizona from 1939-41 and 1946-1978 and he received the UA Foundation’s Creative Teaching Award the Tucson Trade Bureau’s Faculty Achievement Award. He also excavated the Tuzigoot ruins in the Verde Valley, Arizona and helped establish it as a national monument.

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