Marshall Howard Saville (1867–1935) was an American

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeol ...

. Saville was born in

Rockport, Massachusetts Rockport is a seaside New England town, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,992 in 2020 United States census, 2020. Rockport is located approximately northeast of Boston, at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. ...

on June 24, 1867. He studied

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...

(1889–1894), engaged in field work under F. W. Putnam, and made important discoveries among the

mound builders Many pre-Columbian cultures in North America were collectively termed "Mound Builders", but the term has no formal meaning. It does not refer to specific people or archaeological culture but refers to the characteristic mound earthworks that in ...

in southern

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

. After 1903 he was professor of American archeology at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. Saville was a founding member of

the Explorers Club The Explorers Club is an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society with the goal of promoting scientific exploration and field study. The club was founded in New York City in 1904 and has served as a meeting point for ex ...

, an organization formally established in 1905 and dedicated to promoting exploration and scientific investigation in the field. He died on May 7, 1935.

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Mexican and Central American Archaeological Projects
– Electronic articles published by the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. * * American anthropologists American archaeologists Pre-Columbian scholars Mesoamerican archaeologists Mesoamerican anthropologists American Mesoamericanists People from Rockport, Massachusetts Harvard University alumni 1867 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Mesoamericanists 20th-century Mesoamericanists {{US-archaeologist-stub