Alonzo W. Pond

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Alonzo W. Pond (1894-1986) was assistant curator of the Logan Museum in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA, in 1924. He conducted excavations of prehistoric sites in Northeastern Algeria. After 1931 he served as "an archaeologist and project supervisor for the National Park Service, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Cave of the Mounds at Blue Mounds, Wisconsin."[1] In 1934–1936, along with John T. Zaharov, H. Summerfield Day, and W.J. Winter, Pond directed Civilian Conservation Corps excavators of colonial Jamestown.[2]

He delivered lectures illustrated with lantern slides on such topics as "With Andrews in the Gobi", "Nomads of Algeria", and "Lost John of Mummy Ledge", the last being on Mammoth Cave (his lecture to the Technical Club of Madison on this topic on November 2, 1936, drew 215 attendees).

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  1. ^ Beloit College Logan Museum Collectors & Collections biography
  2. ^ Chronology of Colonial Jamestown Archeology
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