About Marshall Howard Saville
Lived 1867 – 1935 (aged 67–68). Marshall Howard Saville was an American anthropologist, archaeologist and photographer.
Marshall Howard Saville (1867–1935) was an American archeologist. Saville was born in Rockport, Massachusetts on June 24, 1867. He studied anthropology at Harvard (1889–1894), engaged in field work under F. W. Putnam, and made important discoveries among the mound builders in southern Ohio. After 1903 he was professor of American archeology at Columbia University.
Saville was a founding member of the Explorers Club, an organization formally established in 1905 and dedicated to promoting exploration and scientific investigation in the field.
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American archaeologist (1867–1935)
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Marshall Howard Saville was born in 1867 in Rockport.
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Marshall Howard Saville was an anthropologist, archaeologist and photographer.
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