Frank M. Setzler

Frank Maryl Setzler (* 1902 ; † 1975 ) was an American anthropologist .

Little is known about Setzler's youth. In the mid-1920s he was a student at Ohio State University and then worked at the Museum of Classical Archeology at that university. He graduated from the University of Chicago . In 1930 he became Assistant Curator of the Division of Archeology (Archaeological Department), in 1935 Executive Curator in succession to Walter Hough and from 1937 to 1960 Chief Curator of the Department of Anthropology (Anthropological Department) at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History , at the Smithsonian Institution .

Before World War II he took part in several archaeological campaigns in Texas , Colorado , Utah and Coahuila ( Mexico part).

In 1948 he was assistant director of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land , funded by the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society and the Australian government.

Frank Setzler was particularly interested in the Indian burial mounds in the USA, in particular the Hopewell culture . He also worked in the areas of Marksville in Louisiana , Proctorville in Ohio , Cumberland Island in Florida , Kincaid in Illinois , Cambridge in Maryland , New Martinsville in West Virginia, and Saltsville in Virginia .

Setzler was a member of numerous scientific organizations and also held several offices there. In 1971 he was made an honorary doctorate from Indiana University .

Publications

selection

• Pottery of the Hopewell type from Louisiana. In: Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Volume 82, 1933, pp. 1-22
• Frank M. Setzler, Jesse D. Jennings: Peachtree Mound and village site, Cherokee County, North Carolina. In: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin. Volume 131, 1941, pp. 1-103
• Welcome Mound and the Effigy Pipes of the Adena People. In: Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Volume 112, 1960, pp. 451-458

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Department of Anthropology , accessed January 23, 2013.
2. ^ Matin Thomas: A short history of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition. In: Aboriginal History. Volume 34, 2010 , Fig. 2, accessed January 23, 2013.
3. ↑ Frank Maryl Setzler Papers 1927-1960 in the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System , English retrieved on January 21, 2013
4. ↑ University Honors & Awards  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English, accessed January 23, 2013.