Zuni, Hopi, Copan

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Early Anthropology at Harvard, 1890–1893

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Zuni, Hopi, Copan: Early Anthropology at Harvard, 1890–1893 presents a collection of one hundred letters from John Gundy Owens, among Harvard's earliest anthropology graduate students, to Deborah Harker Stratton. These letters vividly document Owens's heartfelt relationship with Stratton alongside engaging narratives of his fieldwork among the Zuni people of New Mexico, Hopi communities of Arizona, and at the ancient Maya site of Copan in Honduras. Owens's untimely death at 27 in Copan and Stratton’s lifelong preservation of their correspondence deepen the emotional resonance of this historical record. Introductory essays enrich the volume by providing essential context on the development of anthropological education in the United States.
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This work will appeal to readers interested in the history of anthropology, Native American and Mesoamerican studies, and Victorian-era personal correspondence. It is suitable for scholars, students, and anyone curious about early field research and emotional lives in the late 19th century.

Zuni, Hopi, Copan publishes one hundred annotated letters from John Gundy Owens—one of the first graduate students in anthropology at Harvard—to Deborah Harker Stratton. They offer vivid, highly entertaining accounts of his fieldwork at Zuni pueblo in New Mexico, Hopi mesa villages in Arizona, and the Maya site of Copan in Honduras.

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Zuni, Hopi, Copan: Early Anthropology at Harvard, 1890–1893 publishes one hundred letters from John Gundy Owens to Deborah Harker Stratton, currently held in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.

Owens was one of the first graduate students in anthropology at Harvard; his poignant letters to "Miss Debbie" trace a budding relationship of affection in late Victorian America and offer vivid, highly entertaining accounts of his fieldwork at Zuni pueblo in New Mexico, Hopi mesa villages in Arizona, and the Maya site of Copan in Honduras.

Tragically, Owens died at age twenty-seven in Copan; Stratton never married and kept the letters until her own death, nearly fifty years later.

Introductory essays by Curtis M. Hinsley, Louis A. Hieb, and Barbara W. Fash contextualise the annotated letters and shed new light on early anthropological training in the United States.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780873659154

Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 April 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.

Illustration: 31 photos, 22 color photos

Contributors:

Edited by Curtis M. Hinsley
Contributions by Barbara W. Fash
Contributions by Louis A. Hieb

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1021g

Pages: 368

Collections

American & Canadian History Biography & Memoir Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Journals Non-Fiction Stationery

About the Author

Curtis M. Hinsley is Regents’ Professor, Emeritus, of American History at Northern Arizona University. Louis A. Hieb is former Director of the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico. Barbara W. Fash is Director and Series Editor of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.