Wheat, Joe Ben
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Name (Latin)
Wheat, Joe Ben
Other forms of name
Wheat, Joseph Ben
Date of birth
1916-04-21
Date of death
1997-06-12
Field of activity
Anthropology
Archaeology
Indian textile fabrics
Occupation
Archaeologists
College teachers
Museum curators
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Hedlund, Ann Lane. Navajo weavings from the Andy Williams collection, 1997:t.p. verso (Joe Ben Wheat; 1916-1997)
- Wikipedia, June 17, 2021(Dr. Joe Ben Wheat was an American archaeologist, curator, teacher, and author known for his expertise on blanket weavings and textiles of the Navajo and other Indians in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. His research focused on Mogollon, Anasazi, Great Plains Paleo-Indian, and African Paleolithic archaeology. He born April 21, 1916 and was raised in the town of Van Horn, Texas. He pursued an education in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1937. Wheat attended the University of Arizona where he advanced his studies in Anthropology and earned his M.A. in 1949 and Ph.D. in 1953. Shortly after graduating in 1953 he was hired as the first Curator of Anthropology by the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, a position he held for the remainder of his career. Wheat died of heart complications on June 12, 1997 in Denver, Colorado.)
- nuc86-157: His The gift of Spiderwoman, c1984(hdg. on PU rept.: Wheat, Joe Ben; usage: Joe Ben Wheat)
- LC data base, 4-9-86(hdg.: Wheat, Joe Ben; usage: Joe Ben Wheat ; Joseph Ben Wheat)
- N.Y. times, June 16, 1997(Joe Ben Wheat; archeologist and Navajo weaving authority; d. June 12 in Denver at age 81; lived in Boulder; taught natural history and anthrop. at Univ. of Colorado for 34 years; b. Van Horn, Tex.)