Earl Halstead Morris, known as Earl Morris or Earl H. Morris, was an American archeologist known for his contributions to Southwest archaeology. He is also believed to have partially inspired the fictional Indiana Jones of George Lucas' popular Indiana Jones film series. He was born on October 24, 1889, in New Mexico, grew up near what became the Aztec Ruins National Monument, and died on June 24, 1956, in Boulder, Colorado. Morris was buried in Aztec, New Mexico. (From Wikipedia) More about Earl Halstead Morris:
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| | Books by Earl Halstead Morris: Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: Anasazi Basketry, Basket Maker II Through Pueblo III: A Study Based on Specimens From the San Juan River Country (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #533; 1941), also by Robert F. Burgh (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: Archaeological Studies in the La Plata District, Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico (with an appendix by Shepard on La Plata pottery; Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #519; 1939), contrib. by Anna Osler Shepard (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: The Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #406, 2 volumes; 1931), also by Jean Charlot and Ann Axtell Morris (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Earl Halstead Morris in the extended shelves: Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: Anasazi basketry, Basket maker II through Pueblo III, a study based on specimens from the San Juan river country ([Carnegie institution of Washington], 1941), also by Robert Frederic Burgh (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: The Aztec ruin (The Trustees, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: Basket Maker II sites near Durango, Colorado (Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1954), also by Robert Frederic Burgh (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: The Earl Morris papers. (University of Colorado Press, 1963), also by Roy L. Carlson (page images at HathiTrust) Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956: Preliminary account of the antiquities of the region between the Mancos and La Plata rivers in southwestern Colorado (Government Printing Office, 1919), also by Frederick Webb Hodge, Huntington Free Library, and Heye Foundation Museum of the American Indian (page images at HathiTrust)
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