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Carl E. (Carl Eugen) Guthe
1893–1974
An early American anthropologist whose work ranged from archaeology to museum leadership, he helped shape the study of Native North America and Middle America in the first half of the twentieth century.
2 Audiobooks
A Possible Solution of the Number Series on Pages 51 to 58 of the Dresden Codex
by Carl E. (Carl Eugen) Guthe
Pueblo pottery making: a study at the village of San Ildefonso
by Carl E. (Carl Eugen) Guthe
About the author
Carl Eugen Guthe was an American anthropologist and academic, born on June 1, 1893, and remembered as an important early figure at the University of Michigan. He earned his B.S. from Michigan in 1914, then completed both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard.
Early in his career, he worked with Alfred V. Kidder at Pecos, New Mexico, and later returned to Michigan, where he became the first director of the Museum of Anthropology and the first chair of the university's Department of Anthropology. His research interests included archaeology, ethnology, and Middle America, and he was also noted for his work on Mayan hieroglyphics.
In 1944 he left Michigan to lead the New York State Museum, serving there until 1953. He died on July 24, 1974, leaving behind a career that connected fieldwork, teaching, and museum building in a way that influenced generations of scholars.