Richard Gordon Vivian

Richard Gordon Vivian (August 27, 1908 – April 29, 1966) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who worked primarily with ruins and archaeological sites in the American Southwest. Vivian was a longtime employee of the National Park Service, working to stabilize and investigate a variety of sites, including Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

Following his short-lived attempt at a career as a schoolteacher, Vivian worked for nearly 27 years for the United States government.

Personal life and death Vivian married Myrtle Perce on November 19, 1934. Vivian, Richard Gordon. The Hubbard Site and Other Tri-Wall Structures in New Mexico and Colorado. First Edition. National Park Service, 1959. Vivian, Richard Gordon and Reiter, Paul. The Great Kivas of Chaco Canyon and Their Relationships. United States: School of American Research, 1960. Vivian, Richard Gordon. Gran Quivira: Excavations in a 17th-century Jumano Pueblo. United States: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1964. Vivian, Richard Gordon; Mathews, Tom W.; and Reed, Erik Kellerman. Kin Kletso: A Pueblo III Community in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. United States: Southwestern Monuments Association, 1965. Vivian, Richard Gordon. The Three-C Site, an Early Pueblo II Ruin in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. First Edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1965.