HAURY,EMIL,W. AND THE DEFINITION OF SOUTHWESTERN ARCHAEOLOGY

Emil Walter Haury (1904-1992) played a key role in the definition of s outhwestern archaeology. Raised in a Mennonite academic community in K ansas and educated at Bethel College, the University of Arizona, and H arvard University, Haury participated in the development of dendrochro nology and gained extensive archaeological field experience with Byron Cummings and Harold Gladwin. Inspired by A. V. Kidder, he contributed greatly to our knowledge of Clovis, Archaic, Mogollon, and Hohokam. H is definition of southwestern archaeology continues to be the foundati on for the study of prehistory in the Southwest.