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Turnbaugh, William Arthur was born on June 1, 1948 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hugh and Louise Elizabeth Turnbaugh.
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Indian Baskets (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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Explore the stunning diversity of North American Indian and Eskimo baskets, from little-known native basketry to the more common forms. This colorful book combines manufacturing techniques, raw materials, forms, and decorations with information on native lifestyles. More than 175 regional and tribal styles are documented in an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated format, with a newly updated value guide. Readers will be able to identify their own Indian baskets using this guide's standardized terminology, identification keys, glossary, maps, and bibliographies. Hundreds of baskets were photographed for this volume, many from the famous and unparalleled collection of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University where the authors began their basketry research in the 1970s.
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Indian Baskets by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (1986-05-03)
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Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest (Schiffer Book for Collectors with Value Guide)
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More than 125 vivid color photographs display Indian-made wrought silver, turquoise, shell and coral jewelry brought together from the American Southwest's bright deserts, red canyon and timeless pueblos. The authors explore the diversity of this hand-crafted jewelry from historic collections as well as those available today on reservations and in shops and galleries. They explain the heritage conveyed by these distinctive products of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Rio Grande Pueblo artisans.
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Indian Baskets
(This handbook thoroughly explores the stunning diversity ...)
This handbook thoroughly explores the stunning diversity of North American Indian and Eskimo baskets. It includes less well-known native basketry in addition to the more common forms. This colorful book combines basket manufacture techniques, raw materials, forms, and decoration with information on native lifeways. More than 175 regional and tribal styles are documented in an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated format. Readers will be able to identify their own Indian baskets. The book's standardized terminology, identification keys, glossary, maps, and bibliographies add to its broad appeal. Hundreds of baskets were photographed for this volume in color and in black-and-white. Many are from the famous and unparallel collection of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University where the authors began their basketry research in the 1970's.
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American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection
(786 clear images and concise descriptions, presented in a...)
786 clear images and concise descriptions, presented in an extended gallery showcasing hundreds of baskets delineate specific tribal styles within Native North America's nine basketry regions: Southwest, Great Basin, California, Plateau, Northwest Coast, Arctic and Subarctic, Plains, Southeast, and Northeast. Unique to this book are an in-depth comparison of imported baskets passed off as American Indian work.
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Man, Land, and Time: The Cultural Prehistory and Demographic Patterns of North-Central Pennsylvania
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American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection by William A. Turnbaugh (2013-07-28)
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Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by William A. Turnbaugh (1997-08-03)
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William Arthur Turnbaugh
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William Arthur Turnbaugh, American Archeologist, educator. Accredited member Society Professional Archeologists. Recipient "Archie" award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1967, distinguished alumni citation Lycoming College, 1987, J. Alden Mason award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1988; National Science Foundation fellow 1970-1973, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow 1970-1971.
Education
Bachelor in History summa cum laude, Lycoming College, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Harvard University, 1973.
Career
Curator of archeology, Lycoming County Museum, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1968-1970;
teaching fellow, department anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1972;
assistant to director, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1974;
assistant professor anthropology, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1974-1978;
associate professor anthropology, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1978-1983;
professor anthropology, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1983. Independent contracting archeologist, eastern United States and Canada, 1968-1974. Director U. Rhode Island Museum, 1975-1977.
Advisory board Institute Conservation Archaeology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1983. Associate editor Historical Archaeology, since 1986.
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American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection
(786 clear images and concise descriptions, presented in a...)
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Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest (Schiffer Book for Collectors with Value Guide)
(More than 125 vivid color photographs display Indian-made...)
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Indian Baskets (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
(Explore the stunning diversity of North American Indian a...)
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Indian Baskets
(This handbook thoroughly explores the stunning diversity ...)
- The material culture of RI-1000: A mid-17th century Narragansett Indian burial site in North Kingston, Rhode Island
- Indian Baskets by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (1986-05-03)
- Man, Land, and Time: The Cultural Prehistory and Demographic Patterns of North-Central Pennsylvania
- American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection by William A. Turnbaugh (2013-07-28)
- Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by William A. Turnbaugh (1997-08-03)
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American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection
Membership
Vice president, acting president, Lycoming County History Society, Williamsport, 1968-1970. Designed official flag of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1970. Fellow Explorers Club.
Member Society American Archaeology, Society History Archaeology, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Sigma Xi.
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Married Sarah Ropes Peabody, October 12, 1974.
Awards
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Recipient "Archie" award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1967, distinguished alumni citation Lycoming College, 1987, J. Alden Mason award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1988. National Science Foundation fellow 1970-1973, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow 1970-1971.Recipient "Archie" award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1967, distinguished alumni citation Lycoming College, 1987, J. Alden Mason award Society Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1988. National Science Foundation fellow 1970-1973, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow 1970-1971.