Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
Pioneering geochronologist Dr. Ernst Valdemar Antevs, research associate at the University of Arizona, died Sunday at his home in El Corral, south Globe. He was 85.
The distinguished scientist was known for his development of geological and climatological dating techniques for the Western Hemisphere. His work during the 1920s in New England and eastern Canada provided the first solid age estimates for the end of the glacial epoch in North America.
Born in Vartofa, Sweden, in 1888, Dr. Antevs received his doctorate in geology in 1917 from the University of Stockholm and held the title of docent in that institution until 1935.
Following early research on the geology of glaciated regions in Scandinavia, Bear Island and Spitzbergen, Dr. Antevs came to the United States.
He moved to Arizona in the 1930s and joined investigators from the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation in Globe in their efforts to find evidence of some of the earliest residents of the New World.
His work resulted in definition and dating of the Cochise culture, one of the first of the American Indian ways of life to emerge following extinction of the great Pleistocene game animals.
Dr. Antevs joined the UofA Department Geochronology in 1957. His research efforts not only provided the first sound dating of the early cultures of the Southwest, but also the first full demonstration of the geoclimatic dating methods he successfully had pioneered in earlier years.
His chronology for the past 15,000 years of Southwestern prehistory is the foundation for all current research in the field.
Dr. Antes received an honorary doctor of science degree in 1965 from the University of Arizona. He was a member of many professional organizations and the author of numerous scientific articles.
He was survived by his wife, Ada; and stepdaughter, Mrs. Frances Olrich of Boston.
Article courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
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He arrived in New York from Sweden on 10 August 1920. A history of his life was prepared by T.H. Smiley, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona. His last residence was Globe, Gila Co., Arizona according to SSDI.
Pioneering geochronologist Dr. Ernst Valdemar Antevs, research associate at the University of Arizona, died Sunday at his home in El Corral, south Globe. He was 85.
The distinguished scientist was known for his development of geological and climatological dating techniques for the Western Hemisphere. His work during the 1920s in New England and eastern Canada provided the first solid age estimates for the end of the glacial epoch in North America.
Born in Vartofa, Sweden, in 1888, Dr. Antevs received his doctorate in geology in 1917 from the University of Stockholm and held the title of docent in that institution until 1935.
Following early research on the geology of glaciated regions in Scandinavia, Bear Island and Spitzbergen, Dr. Antevs came to the United States.
He moved to Arizona in the 1930s and joined investigators from the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation in Globe in their efforts to find evidence of some of the earliest residents of the New World.
His work resulted in definition and dating of the Cochise culture, one of the first of the American Indian ways of life to emerge following extinction of the great Pleistocene game animals.
Dr. Antevs joined the UofA Department Geochronology in 1957. His research efforts not only provided the first sound dating of the early cultures of the Southwest, but also the first full demonstration of the geoclimatic dating methods he successfully had pioneered in earlier years.
His chronology for the past 15,000 years of Southwestern prehistory is the foundation for all current research in the field.
Dr. Antes received an honorary doctor of science degree in 1965 from the University of Arizona. He was a member of many professional organizations and the author of numerous scientific articles.
He was survived by his wife, Ada; and stepdaughter, Mrs. Frances Olrich of Boston.
Article courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
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He arrived in New York from Sweden on 10 August 1920. A history of his life was prepared by T.H. Smiley, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona. His last residence was Globe, Gila Co., Arizona according to SSDI.
Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
Pioneering geochronologist Dr. Ernst Valdemar Antevs, research associate at the University of Arizona, died Sunday at his home in El Corral, south Globe. He was 85.
The distinguished scientist was known for his development of geological and climatological dating techniques for the Western Hemisphere. His work during the 1920s in New England and eastern Canada provided the first solid age estimates for the end of the glacial epoch in North America.
Born in Vartofa, Sweden, in 1888, Dr. Antevs received his doctorate in geology in 1917 from the University of Stockholm and held the title of docent in that institution until 1935.
Following early research on the geology of glaciated regions in Scandinavia, Bear Island and Spitzbergen, Dr. Antevs came to the United States.
He moved to Arizona in the 1930s and joined investigators from the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation in Globe in their efforts to find evidence of some of the earliest residents of the New World.
His work resulted in definition and dating of the Cochise culture, one of the first of the American Indian ways of life to emerge following extinction of the great Pleistocene game animals.
Dr. Antevs joined the UofA Department Geochronology in 1957. His research efforts not only provided the first sound dating of the early cultures of the Southwest, but also the first full demonstration of the geoclimatic dating methods he successfully had pioneered in earlier years.
His chronology for the past 15,000 years of Southwestern prehistory is the foundation for all current research in the field.
Dr. Antes received an honorary doctor of science degree in 1965 from the University of Arizona. He was a member of many professional organizations and the author of numerous scientific articles.
He was survived by his wife, Ada; and stepdaughter, Mrs. Frances Olrich of Boston.
Article courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
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He arrived in New York from Sweden on 10 August 1920. A history of his life was prepared by T.H. Smiley, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona. His last residence was Globe, Gila Co., Arizona according to SSDI.
Pioneering geochronologist Dr. Ernst Valdemar Antevs, research associate at the University of Arizona, died Sunday at his home in El Corral, south Globe. He was 85.
The distinguished scientist was known for his development of geological and climatological dating techniques for the Western Hemisphere. His work during the 1920s in New England and eastern Canada provided the first solid age estimates for the end of the glacial epoch in North America.
Born in Vartofa, Sweden, in 1888, Dr. Antevs received his doctorate in geology in 1917 from the University of Stockholm and held the title of docent in that institution until 1935.
Following early research on the geology of glaciated regions in Scandinavia, Bear Island and Spitzbergen, Dr. Antevs came to the United States.
He moved to Arizona in the 1930s and joined investigators from the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation in Globe in their efforts to find evidence of some of the earliest residents of the New World.
His work resulted in definition and dating of the Cochise culture, one of the first of the American Indian ways of life to emerge following extinction of the great Pleistocene game animals.
Dr. Antevs joined the UofA Department Geochronology in 1957. His research efforts not only provided the first sound dating of the early cultures of the Southwest, but also the first full demonstration of the geoclimatic dating methods he successfully had pioneered in earlier years.
His chronology for the past 15,000 years of Southwestern prehistory is the foundation for all current research in the field.
Dr. Antes received an honorary doctor of science degree in 1965 from the University of Arizona. He was a member of many professional organizations and the author of numerous scientific articles.
He was survived by his wife, Ada; and stepdaughter, Mrs. Frances Olrich of Boston.
Article courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
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He arrived in New York from Sweden on 10 August 1920. A history of his life was prepared by T.H. Smiley, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona. His last residence was Globe, Gila Co., Arizona according to SSDI.
