Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935

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Charles Pickering Bowditch was a major benefactor to the Peabody Museum. Frederic W. Putnam served as the curator of the Peabody Museum. Alice E. Putnam was Frederic Putnam's daughter and served as a research assistant at the Peabody Museum, as well as Frederic's liason to the museum when his health began to fail.

From the description of Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64064236

Archaeologist, museum curator.

Saville was a Curator in the Dept. of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1894-1907. He specialized in Mesoamerican and South American archaeology. Saville was also on the staff of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.

From the description of Papers, 1872-1934, 1895-1930 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511969

Archaeologist.

Saville researched Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley as well as Indians of Mexico, and Central and South America.

From the description of Research notes for Mound Builders, [ca. 1920] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155481211

Marshall Howard Saville was a curator in the Dept. of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1894 to 1907. He was the first curator of Mexican and Central American archaeology at the museum, and an authority on the cultures and artifacts of these regions. Saville's acquisitions for the museum during his expeditions of 1896-1904 established the department's leadership in this country.

Saville received his training in archeological fieldwork from Frederick W. Putnam of Harvard's Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. His first field trip was to the Yucatán in 1890, which led to his 1891-1892 study of Copán, Honduras. In 1894 Saville became assistant curator in anthropology at the AMNH, and in 1896, after Mexico enacted a law allowing the museum to carry out research in its territory, Saville explored the Mayan ruins of Palenque in Chiapas. In 1897 he began excavations that continued until 1904 at Mitla, Monte Albán and Xochicalco. Saville served on the host committee for the New York meeting, in 1902, of the 13th International Congress of Americanists, and represented the AMNH at the next meeting, in Germany. In 1907 he resigned from his curatorial duties, and from 1910 on he devoted himself to George Gustave Heye's plans for an American Indian museum. Saville was on the staff of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, from 1918 until 1932.

From the description of Correspondence, 1896-1903. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 56945374

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creatorOf Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935. Correspondence, 1896-1903. American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Henriquez, Josef Manuel Teodoro. Nabe Tihonic, [17--]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Papers, 1872-1934, 1895-1930 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. Field notes and manuscripts, 1851-1970, 1890-1960 (bulk). American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology
referencedIn Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
creatorOf Marshall Saville photograph collection National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
referencedIn James Terry family papers 1838-1953 1879-1894 Terry, James family papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935. Arte de la lengua Zapotec del Valle, 1859. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Stebbins, George L. Ruins of Ake Yucatan, 1903. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Rickards, Constantine George. Colección Rikards: antiguedades reunidas en el Estado de Oaxaca, [ca. 1900]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Frank G. Speck papers, 1903-1950 American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Research notes for Mound Builders, [ca. 1920] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935. Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Alameda, Juan de. Book of marriages kept in the Convent of Quauhquechola, 1620-1639. Cornell University Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Second and Third Ecuador Expeditions photograph collection National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
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associatedWith American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. corporateBody
associatedWith American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. corporateBody
associatedWith American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. corporateBody
associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Baer, William J. (William Jacob), 1860-1941. person
associatedWith Batres, Leopoldo. person
associatedWith Belmar, Francisco, b. 1859? person
associatedWith Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921. person
founderOf Explorers Club corporateBody
associatedWith Henriquez, Josef Manuel Teodoro. person
associatedWith Huntington Free Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927. person
associatedWith Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. corporateBody
associatedWith Putnam, Alice Edmands. person
associatedWith Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915. person
associatedWith Rickards, Constantine George. person
associatedWith Saville Expeditions to Mexico (1896-1904) corporateBody
associatedWith Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 person
associatedWith Stebbins, George L. person
associatedWith Terry family family
associatedWith Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston), 1877-1954. person
associatedWith Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
New York (State)--New York
Ohio
Clermont County (Ohio)
Central America
Ohio River Valley
New York (State)--New York
South America
Mexico
Mexico
Ohio
Mexico--Oaxaca
Oaxaca (Mexico)
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Adena culture
Anthropological museums and collections
Anthropology
Antiquities
Archaeological museums and collections
Archaeologists
Archaeology
Archaeology
Calumets
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Ethnological museums and collections
Ethnology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of Central America
Indians of Mexico
Indians of Mexico
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of South America
Mound builders
Mound-builders
Mounds
Museum curators
Natural history museum curators
Scientific expeditions
Occupation
Anthropologists
Archaeologists
Ethnologists
Museum curators
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Birth 1867-06-24

Death 1935-05-07

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Americans

English,

Spanish; Castilian

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