Matthew Stirling

Matthew Williams Stirling ( * 1896 in Salinas, † 1975) was an American anthropologist. He made important contributions to the study of the Jivaro Indians in South America and the Olmec culture in Central America.

Life

Stirling studied anthropology at the University of California. In 1920 he completed his studies and worked until 1921 at the University. From 1921 to 1925 Stirling worked at the Smithsonian Institution. At the same time, he obtained a Masters Degree in Anthropology at George Washington University. In 1943 he earned his doctorate at the University Tampa.

1923/24, he undertook an excavation at Weedon Iceland for the Bureau of American Ethnology, in the summer of 1924 was followed by excavations in different villages of the Arikaree in South Dakota. 1931/32 he took part in the expedition of Donald C. Beatty to Ecuador and conducted research there on the Jivaro.

Movies of Stirling

Kept in the Human Studies Film Archives, Suitland, Maryland

  • Exploring Hidden Mexico - documents Animal T Excavations at La Venta and Cerro de las Mesas.
  • Hunting Prehistory on Panama 's Unknown North Coast - Documents the excavations of 1952, the sites in the Northern Panama.
  • Aboriginal Darien: Past and Present - Documented flora, fauna and ethnography of parts of Panama on a trip in 1954.
  • On the Trail of Prehistoric America - Documented a research expedition to Ecuador in 1957, along with brief ethnographic film footage of the Colorado River Indian.
  • Mexico at Fiesta Masks
  • Uncovering at Ancient Mexican Temple
  • Exploring Panama 's Prehistoric Past
  • Uncovering Mexico 's Forgotten Treasures

Bibliography

  • America's First Settlers, the Indians, National Geographic, 1937
  • Great Stone Faces of the Mexican Jungle, National Geographic, 1940
  • An Initial Series from Tres Zapotes Mexican Archaeology Series, National Geographic, 1942
  • Origin myth of Acoma and other records BAE Bulletin 135, 1942
  • Finding Jewels of Jade in a Mexican Swamp ( with Marion Stirling ) National Geographic, 1942
  • La Venta 's Greenstone Tigers National Geographic, 1943
  • Stone Monuments of Southern Mexico BAE Bulletin 138, 1943
  • The native peoples of New Guinea. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian Institution, 1943
  • Indians of the Southeastern United States National Geographic, 1946
  • On the Trail of La Venta Man ​​National Geographic, 1947
  • Haunting Heart of the Everglades / Indians of the Far West ( with AH Brown ) National Geographic, 1948
  • Stone Monuments of the Río Chiquito BAE Bulletin 157, 1955
  • Indians of the Americas National Geographic Society, 1955
  • The use of the atlatl on Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan BAE Bulletin 173, 1960
  • Electronics and Archaeology (with F. Rainey and MW Stirling Jr ) Expedition Magazine, 1960
  • Monumental Sculpture of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco Handbook of Middle American Indians, 1965
  • Early History of the Olmec Problem Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Olmec, 1967
  • Solving the mystery of Mexico 's Great Stone Spheres National Geographic, 1969
  • Historical and ethnographical material on the Jivaro Indians. Washington: Gov. Print. Off, 1938 ( Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, 117).
  • An archeological reconnaissance in Southeastern Mexico BAE Bulletin 164
  • TARQUI, to early site in Manabí Province, Ecuador (with Marion Stirling ) BAE Bulletin 186
  • Archaeological notes on Almirante Bay, Panama (with Marion Stirling ) BAE Bulletin 191
  • Archaeology of Taboga, Urabá, and Taboguilla Islands, Panama (with Marion Stirling ) BAE Bulletin 191
  • El Limón, in early tomb site in Veraguas Province Panama (with Marion Stirling ) BAE Bulletin 191
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