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Southwest: "Cliff Dwellers" of Mesa Verde, Colorado
Phoebe Hearst's first patronage of anthropology came in early 1896, when she purchased for the University of Pennsylvania museum of anthropology a large archaeological collection assembled from the area surrounding Mesa Verde, Colorado. These objects had been created between 1200 to 1300 A.D. by the Anasazi ancestors of today's Pueblo peoples. The collection was put together from three sources by Charles D. Hazzard of Minneapolis, as part of a commercial enterprise. The major component was gathered between 1889 and 1892 by one of the discoverers of the site-rancher Richard Wetherill and his brothers. Upon deciding to found a museum in California, Mrs. Hearst requested that a portion be transferred to the University, which accessioned the 288 pieces in 1901.
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