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M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington
1882–1971
A pioneering American archaeologist and anthropologist, he spent decades documenting Native American history and culture and wrote widely for both scholars and general readers. His work helped bring the archaeology of the American Southwest, Arkansas, and the Caribbean to a broader audience.
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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
by M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington
About the author
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1882, Mark Raymond Harrington built a long career as an archaeologist, anthropologist, and museum curator. Reliable sources on his life describe him as an important early researcher of Native American history and archaeology, with work that took him across the American Southwest, Arkansas, and the Caribbean.
He worked with the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, and later served for many years as curator of archaeology at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. Accounts of his career credit him with notable field discoveries and with helping establish archaeology in places such as Arkansas, where he is remembered as a pioneer in the field.
As an author, Harrington published extensively on Indigenous cultures, archaeology, and regional history. His books and reports reflect a lifetime spent studying material culture, belief, and daily life, and they remain part of the historical record of early American anthropology.