Charles C. Di Peso
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Charles Corradino Di Peso (born October 20, 1920 Missouri, U.S.A. - died 1982)[1] was an American archaeologist. He is known for his research in Meso-America, Northern Mexico, and the American Southwest.
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[edit] Biography
Di Peso's first field experience was at Ackmen, Colorado in 1937. In 1941 Di Peso returned to the field to conduct work in New Mexico. Both of these were headed by the Field Museum in Chicago. Di Peso earned a B.A in anthropology and a B.S. in geology from Beloit College in 1942.[2]
After graduation Di Peso joined the U.S. Air Force and was a pilot during World War II and was discharged in 1946.[2] During his time in the Air Force Di Peso was stationed in Phoenix, Arizona where he lived after the war becoming the archaeologist for the city. [2]
In 1947 Di Peso received a B.F.T. from the American Institute of of Foreign Trade. He received his M.A. from the University of Arizona in 1950 and earned his PhD from there in 1953 becoming the first student at that institution to earn that degree. There, he was a student of the famous Southwest archaeologist Emil Haury who influenced him greatly throughout his career.[3]
Di Peso first worked for the Amerind Foundation in 1948 and in 1954 became the director which he held until his death in 1982.[2]
[edit] Writings
- Di Peso, Charles C.; John B. Rinaldo and Gloria J. Fenner (1974). Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the La Gran Chichimeca Vols. 1-8
[edit] References
- ^ Dr. Charles C. Di Peso
- ^ a b c d Woosley, Ann I., and John C. Ravesloot (Editors) (1993) Culture and Contact: Charles C. Di Peso's Gran Chichimeca. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
- ^ Emil Walter Haury, May 2, 1904—December 5, 1992 | By Raymond Harris Thompson, Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., and James Jefferson Reid | Biographical Memoirs
