Edwin Atlee Barber (August 13, 1851 – December 12, 1916) was an American

archaeologist 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 author.

Biography

Edwin Atlee Barber was born in

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to William Edwin Barber and Anne Eliza Townsend. He entered

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 18 ...

in 1869 but left before graduating to assume a position as an assistant naturalist for the

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. He developed an interest in decorated pottery and rapidly became an authority in

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ceramic art. He contributed several articles to the ''American Naturalist'' about his work with the Hayden Survey. He returned to Lafayette College and graduated in 1877. In 1881, Barber was elected as a member to the

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. Edwin received a graduate degree from Lafayette College in 1893 and began working as curator of ceramics at the

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becoming the director in 1907.

Marriage and children

On February 5, 1880 he married Nellie Louise Parker and in 1883 she gave birth to their only child Louise Atlee Barber.

Published works

* ''Language and Utensils of the Modern Utes.'' 1876 * ''The Ancient Pottery of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.'' 1876 * ''Bead Ornaments Employed by the Ancient Tribes of Utah and Arizona. '' 1876 * ''Comparative Vocabulary of Utah Dialects.'' 1877 * ''Moqui Food-Preparations. '' 1878 * ''The Ancient Pueblos; or, The Ruins of the Valley of the Rio San Juan. '' 1878 * ''The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States'' 1893 * ''Tulip Ware of the Pennsylvania-German Potters An Historical Sketch of the Art of Slip-Decoration in the United States.'' 1903 * ''Marks of American Potters.'' 1904 * ''Tin Enamelled Pottery.'' 1907 * ''The Maiolica of Mexico.''1908

References

* Hough, Walter. "Barber, Edwin Atlee." ''Dictionary of American Biography.'' Vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1928. *''Men and Women of America; A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries.'' (p. 90) New York City: L.R. Hamersly & Company, 1910
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Retrieved January 10, 2009

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barber, Edwin Atlee 1851 births 1916 deaths American archaeologists American curators Lafayette College alumni Directors of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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