Trail Dust: The Too-Short Life of an Unusual Anthropologist

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Simmons: A full-length biography of Dozierwas recently published

In 1967, I was serving as a member of the state's Cultural Properties Review Committee. That body traditionally has been composed of historians, anthropologists and architects. They are appointed by New Mexico's governor to examine and approve (or disapprove) nominations to the national and state registers of cultural properties, mainly historic sites.

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Trail Dust: The Too-Short Life of an Unusual Anthropologist

At one of our monthly meetings late that year, a new member just named by Gov. David Cargo was introduced. He was Edward P. Dozier, a professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.

As I learned shortly, ...

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