Definition: Elizabeth Ann Morris was born to archaeologists Earl and Ann Morris in
1932. Her first memory of fieldwork was her father's excavations at Talus Village near Durango, when she was about 7 years old, but did not decide to follow in her parents' footsteps till much later. She attended Antioch College, had an internship with Paul S. Martin and Elaine Bluhm at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and served as Dishwasher on Martin's Pine Lawn, New Mexico field project in 1951. She attended her first Pecos Conference that year, and decided to become an archaeologist. Liz received her PhD from the University of Arizona in 1959, and her first teaching position at Temple University. She taught for many years at Colorado State University, served as department chair there, and has done fieldwork in the Southwestern U.S. and Plains, and in the Near East with
Robert Braidwood. She retired in Colorado and continues to pursue research at high-altitude sites with many friends and colleagues.
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
