The Amerind Foundation is a

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and research facility dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of

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cultures and their histories. Its facilities are located near the village of

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Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County ( ) is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is named after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache who was a key war leader during the Apache Wars. The population was 125,447 at the 2020 census. The count ...

, about 65 miles east of

Tucson Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...

Texas Canyon Texas Canyon is a valley in Cochise County, Arizona, about 20 miles east of Benson on Interstate 10. Lying between the Little Dragoon Mountains to the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south and known for its giant granite boulders, the can ...

. According to the Foundation's literature, "Amerind" is a contraction of the words "

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" and "Indian".

History

William Shirley Fulton William Shirley Fulton, (November 23, 1880 – November 20, 1964), an archeologist and founder of the Amerind Foundation was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1903. Biography Several tri ...

(1880–1964), an archaeologist, established the Amerind Foundation in 1937.

Building

The Amerind Foundation's building was designed by Tucson architect Merritt Starkweather and contains one of the finest collections of

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

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artifacts in the country as well as a sizable research library.

Museum exhibits

The museum's permanent exhibits include archaeological artifacts from the Amerind property by founder

and later by director Charles C. Di Peso, as well as items found at Di Peso at

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and other excavations. The objects include weapons, tools, baskets, sandals, cordage of human hair, and cloth. There are ethnographic items from different indigenous peoples ranging from Alaska to South America. Items on display include jewelry, baskets, weapons, cradle boards, religious artifacts, figurative items, ceramics and pottery, and art.

Art gallery

The Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features paintings by 20th century

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and

artists.

Texas Canyon Nature Preserve

The preserve is part of the 1,900-acre campus that includes the Amerind Museum. More than six miles of trails wind past balanced granite rocks carved by wind, rain and time.

Published works

* ''Archaeological Notes on

, Arizona'', by William Shirley Fulton. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Vols. 1–3. 1934–1938. New York. (out of print) * ''An Archaeological Site Near

Gleeson, Arizona Gleeson is a ghost town situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. The town was first settled as Turquoise in the 1870s in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later ...

'', by William Shirley Fulton and Carr Tuthill. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 1. 1940. (out of print) * ''A Ceremonial Cave in the Winchester Mountains, Arizona'', by William Shirley Fulton. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 2. 1941. (out of print) * Painted Cave in Northeastern Arizona, by

Emil W. Haury Emil Walter "Doc" Haury (May 2, 1904 in Newton, Kansas – December 5, 1992 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American archaeologist who specialized in the archaeology of the Southwestern United States, American Southwest. He is most famous for his wor ...

. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 3. 1945. (out of print) * ''The Tres Alamos Site on the San Pedro River, Southeastern Arizona'', by Carr Tuthill. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 4. 1947. (out of print) * ''The Babocomari Village Site on the

Babocomari River The Babocomari River is a major tributary of the upper San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. The river begins in the Sonoita Basin near the community of Elgin, Arizona, and flows eastward for approximately before merging with the San Pedro, ...

, Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 5. 1951. (out of print) * ''The

Sobaipuri The Sobaipuri were one of many Indigenous groups occupying Sonora and what is now Arizona at the time Europeans first entered the American Southwest. They were a Piman or O'odham group who occupied southern Arizona and northern Sonora (the Pimer� ...

Indians of the Upper

San Pedro Valley The San Pedro Valley starts 10 miles (16 km) south of the United States–Mexico border and extends 140 miles (230 km) north through Arizona. The San Pedro River flows from the state of Sonora, Mexico, through Cochise, Pima, Graham, and Pinal Co ...

, Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 6. 1953. (out of print) * ''The Upper Pima of San Cayetano del Tumacacori'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 7. 1956. (out of print) * ''The Reeve Ruin of Southeastern Arizona'', by Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 8. 1958. (out of print) * ''

Casas Grandes Casas Grandes (Spanish for ''Great Houses''; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casa ...

: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca'', by Charles C. Di Peso, John B. Rinaldo, and Gloria J. Fenner. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 9. Vols. 1–8. 1974. (out of print) * ''Exploring the

Hohokam Hohokam was a culture in the Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest, North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. It existed between 300 and 1500 CE, with cultural p ...

: Prehistoric Desert Peoples of the American Southwest'', edited by George J. Gumerman. University of New Mexico Press. 1991. (out of print) * ''Culture and Contact: Charles C. Di Peso's Gran Chichimeca'', edited by Anne I. Woosley and John C. Ravesloot. University of New Mexico Press. 1993. (out of print) * '' Mimbres Mogollon

Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

'', by Anne I. Woosley and Allan J. McIntyre. Amerind Foundation Publication No. 10. University of New Mexico Press. 1996. (out of print) * ''Great Towns and Regional Polities: Cultural Evolution in the U.S. Southwest and Southeast'', edited by Jill E. Neitzel. University of New Mexico Press. 1999. (out of print) * ''Salado'', edited by Jeffrey S. Dean. University of New Mexico Press. 2000. (out of print) * ''Anthropological Perspectives on Technology'', edited by Michael B. Schiffer. University of New Mexico Press. 2001. * ''Embedded Symmetries: Natural and Cultural'', edited by Dorothy K. Washburn. University of New Mexico Press. 2004. * ''Trincheras Sites in Time, Space, and Society'', edited by Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and M. Elisa Villalpando. University of Arizona Press. 2007.

References

National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Director of the Amerind Foundation from 1954 to 1982.
Anne I. Woosley
Director of the Amerind Foundation, 1984–2001, currently Executive Director Arizona Historical Society.

current Director of the Amerind Foundation, 2001–present.

External links

* {{authority control Foundations based in the United States Research institutes in Arizona Museums in Cochise County, Arizona Anthropological research institutes Native American history of Arizona Native American museums in Arizona Art museums and galleries in Arizona Archaeological museums in Arizona 1937 establishments in the United States Museums established in 1937