Wormington, H. Marie (1914–1994)
Wormington, H. Marie (1914–1994)
American archaeologist. Name variations: Hannah Marie Wormington; Marie Wormington. Born Hannah Marie Wormington, Sept 5, 1914, in Denver, CO; died 1994; dau. of Charles Watkin Wormington and Adrienne Roucolle; University of Denver, BA in anthropology, 1935; Radcliffe College at Harvard University, MA, 1950, PhD, 1954, the 1st Harvard woman PhD to specialize in archaeology; m. George D. Volk (geologist and engineer), 1940.
Worked with Colorado Museum of Natural History (now Denver Museum of Natural History) for 33 years (1935–68), becoming curator of archaeology (1937); performed archaeological excavations in CO and at Fremont village site in UT; taught at University of Denver and University of Colorado at Boulder; published important work of Paleo-Indian studies in New World, Ancient Man in North America (1939); was 1st woman elected president of Society for American Archaeology (1967). Other works include Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest (1947).