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H. T. (Henry Thomas Johnson) Irwin
d. 1978
Best known for careful archaeological fieldwork in Colorado, this researcher helped document sites that deepened understanding of the prehistoric American West. His surviving publications feel precise, practical, and closely tied to the evidence on the ground.
1 Audiobook
Excavations at the LoDaisKa Site in the Denver, Colorado area
by H. T. (Henry Thomas Johnson) Irwin, Cynthia Irwin-Williams
About the author
H. T. Irwin, identified in library authority records as Henry Thomas Johnson Irwin, was an American anthropologist and archaeologist. The available records are sparse, but they consistently connect him with mid-20th-century archaeological work in the western United States and note his death in 1978.
He is most closely associated with Excavations at the LoDaisKa Site in the Denver, Colorado area, a Denver Museum of Natural History report first published in 1959. That work, and later records for Excavations at Magic Mountain, place him in collaborative research on important Colorado sites and show a focus on stratigraphy, artifacts, and long-term cultural change in the region.
Because so little biographical detail is easy to confirm from reliable public sources, the clearest picture comes through the work itself: careful excavation, teamwork with other specialists, and a lasting contribution to Southwestern and Plains archaeology.