Background
Morris, Earl Halstead was born on October 24, 1889 in Chama, New Mexico, United States. Son of Scott Neering and Juliette Amanda (Halstead) Morris.
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Earl Halstead Morris
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Colorado, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916. Postgraduate Columbia, 1916-1917. Doctor of Science, University Colorado, 1942.
Career
Archaeologist for American Museum Natural History 1917-1924, Carnegie Institution, since 1924, leader of archeological expeditions to Guatemala, 1914, 34. Leader of expeditions to New Mexico and Arizona for U. Colorado, 1913-1916, 22, 24-28. Explored Aztec Ruin in New Mexico for American Museum Natural History, 1916-1924.
Director excavations in Yucatan for Carnegie Institution, 1924-1929.
Research work in southwestern archaeology, since 1929.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Ethnological Society, American Anthropological assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ann McCheane Axtell, September 8, 1923. Married second, Lucile Bowman, June 4, 1946. Children: Elizabeth Ann, Sarah Lane.
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American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican