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Jesse Walter Fewkes was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Jesse and Susan Emeline (Jewett) Fewkes.
( This reissue of three early essays on Mimbres archaeolo...)
This reissue of three early essays on Mimbres archaeology and design fills a major gap in the literature on the Mimbres, whose pottery has long fascinated students of the prehistoric Southwest. Fewkes, one of the eminent archaeologists of the early twentieth century, introduced Mimbres art to scholars when he published these essays with the Smithsonian Institution between 1914 and 1924, under the titles Archaeology of the Lower Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, Designs on Prehistoric Pottery from the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, and Additional Designs on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery. Long out-of-print, these essays represent the first analysis and description of the complex abstract and representational designs that continue to fascinate us 2,000 years after they were painted.
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In the summer of 1909 the writer was detailed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to continue the excavation and repair of ruins in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. This work was placed under his sole charge and continued through the months May to August, inclusive. In that time the writer was able to repair completely this great ruin and to leave it in such condition that tourists and students visiting it may learn much more about cliff-dwellings than was possible before the work was undertaken. The force of laborers, numbering on an average 15 workmen, was from Mancos, Colorado. Many of them had worked on Spruce-tree House during the previous year and had become expert in repairing ruins. By their aid it was possible to accomplish more and at less expense than was expected. It has fallen to the writer to prepare the report on the work which he had the honor to direct, and he is conscious how difficult it is to put it into a form that will adequately express the devotion with which those under him have accomplished their respective tasks. A report on the general results accomplished at Cliff Palace was published by the Secretary of the Interior in 1909; the following account considers in a more detailed way the various scientific phases. The purpose of the present paper is to present a more accurate account of Cliff Palace than was possible before the excavation and repair work was done, and to increase existing knowledge by directing attention to the scientific data revealed by excavations of this largest, most picturesque, and most typical cliff-dwelling in the Southwest. In order to give this account a monographic form there have been introduced the most important descriptions of Cliff Palace previously published. There is also included a description of the few minor antiquities brought to light in the progress of the work. These specimens are now in the United States National Museum, where they form the nucleus of a collection from Cliff Palace. The increasing interest, local and national, in the prehistoric culture of the Southwest and the influence of these antiquities in attracting visitors to localities where they exist, furnish a reason for considering in some detail various other questions of general interest connected with cliff-dwellings that naturally suggest themselves to those interested in the history of man in America.
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Fascinating U.S. Government ethnological study made at the turn of the century explores the use of katcinas—Hopi god symbols—in Pueblo Indian culture. 260 katcina figures on 62 black-and-white plates are reproduced here from original drawings by native artists. 62 plates. 260 black-and-white figures. Introduction.
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One of richest sources of pre-Columbian design from Sikyatki site: on vases, bowls, plates. Hundreds catalogued and analyzed: birds, animals, clouds, lightning, demon motifs. Source of rich, powerful designs. 564 illustrations, interpretative text.
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Jesse Walter Fewkes was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Jesse and Susan Emeline (Jewett) Fewkes.
He had the local advantages of schooling and was prepared for Harvard College, where he graduated in 1875 and received the degree Ph. D. in 1877.
Working his way through college, he was uncertain as to what line to follow. Leaning for a time toward electricity, he conducted a number of experiments in that field, but finally through the magnetism of Louis Agassiz took up marine zoology.
Many papers on echinoderms and other forms of sea life at presented from a full store of knowledge, his repoits on the archeology of the Pueblo region are incomparable. Notable among these are “Two Summers Work in Pueblo Ruins” (22nd Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1904, pt. x< PP- 3-I9S), the Sikyatki report mentioned, and many others.
While his work was principally with the ethnology and archeology of the Southwest, he prosecuted explorations in Porto Rico (“The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands, ” 25th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1907, pp. 3-220), and eastern Mexico (“Certain Antiquities of Eastern Mexico, ” Ibid. , pp. 221-84).
Taking up the archeology of the eastern United States in its relation to present tribes, he carried on work in Tennessee, Georgia, and other Southern states. At Weeden Island, near Tampa, Florida, he excavated a large ancient mound (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. LXXVI, no. 10, 1924, pp. 88-98) and continued investigations on the keys to the south.
In the press of exploration and the preparation of reports he found opportunity to write several papers of general scope: “Sun Worship of the Hopi Indians” (Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1918, 1920, pp. 493-526); “Great Stone Monuments in History and Geography” (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. LXI, no. 6, 1913), and “The Sun’s Influence on the Hopi Pueblos” (American Anthropologist, January-March 1906).
After long service in the Smithsonian as ethnologist, in 1918 he was accorded promotion and became chief of the Bureau.
The exploration and repair of ruins now cus- test this phase of his work, which was advanced by a course in zoology at Leipzig. After his return from Germany he became assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History.
Transferring his interests to anthropology, he took up the work of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition lately directed by Frank Hamilton Cushing, and founded the Journal of American Ethnology and Archeology for the publication of the results.
This journal, of which five numbers were issued, contains some of Fewkes’s best work. In 1895 he became connected with the' Bureau of American Ethnology, his first undertaking being the investigation of the classic ancient pueblo of Sikyatki in the Hopi Reserve, northeastern Arizona.
The report on this exploration marks the introduction of zoological methods to archeology; the analysis of zoomorphic designs led to the connection of current Hopi designs with the ancient (“Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895, ” 17th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1898, pt. 2, pp. s 19-744).
This association with the Hopi Indians, whose customs and art evidently relate to ancient predecessors, led Fewkes to the intensive study of their cults. A long list of publications covering their history and religious life ensued, among the more striking being: “The Snake Ceremonials at Walpi” {Journal of American Ethnology and Archeology, vol. IV, 1894) ; “Tuscayan Snake Ceremonies” (16th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, t^971 PP- 267-312) ; “Hopi Katchinas, drawn by Native Artists, ” describing the figurines representing the numerous deities of the Hopi pantheon (216t Annual Report, 1903, pp. 3-126) ; “The Tuscayan New Fire Ceremony” (Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. XXVI, 1895, pp. 422-58) ; “The Winter Solstice Ceremony at Walpi” (American Anthropologist, March, April 1898) ; “The New-Fire Ceremony at Walpi” (Ibid. , January-March 1900). Intensive work at the Hopi pueblos was followed by archeological researches among the ancient ruins of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah.
Typical ruins in all parts of this region were scientifically explored by Fewkes and accounts of the results promptly published. Realizing the heritage that the United States possesses in these ancient remains, he sought whenever possible to clear out rooms and protect broken walls against further injury, leaving the sites for public education.
Evidence of this pioneer work is seen in the cliff dwellings and pueblos of the Mesa Verde, at Casa Grande, Arizona, and in other localities. Always adequately tomary was begun through his efforts. The first phonographic records of Ipdian songs were made under his direction. In the intimate study of Indian secret ceremonies begun by A. M. Stephen and Frank Hamilton Cushing he had no equal.
To this day his memory is green among these Indians. As a result of his numerous explorations an immense body of artifacts flowed into the collection of the National Museum through the Bureau of American Ethnology.
These thousands of specimens form one of the most valuable archives in existence. They are material which students will perennially come to examine. Around the camp fires in the desert he was a most comradely companion. With Dr. Fewkes and his gentle wife, who always accompanied him, all people coming into contact felt an atmosphere of friendliness.
No mask of seriousness blocked the success of this master explorer. Broadly cultivated in the arts and sciences, he was at home among men of his rank and embraced all men by his intensely human qualities.
He retired from the Bureau in 1928 and died two years later at his home in Forest Glen, Md.
He discovered a new type of naturalistically and geometrically decorated pottery, in the Mimbres Valley, N. Mex. , indicating an extinct tribe of Pueblo relationship. In 1926 he explored what was to be his last work in the Southwest, an important ruin called Elden Pueblo, near Flagstaff, Ariz. One of his important contributions to anthropological science was the demonstration of the value of the study of living tribes in solving the problems of archeology. In his work among the Hopi he proved by the traditions relating to anciently occupied sites the story of the migrations of the clans that coalesced to form the tribe.
( About the Book Fairy tales, wonder tales, magic tales a...)
(In the summer of 1909 the writer was detailed by the Secr...)
( This reissue of three early essays on Mimbres archaeolo...)
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
( One of richest sources of pre-Columbian design from Sik...)
( Fascinating U.S. Government ethnological study made at ...)
After the death of his first wife, Florence Gorges Eastman, to whom he was married in 1883, he married in 1893 Harriet Olivia Cutler of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
