Glenn A. Black (1900-1964)

Archaeologist Glenn Black was born in Indianapolis and spent much of his career at Angel Mounds, a Native American village and ceremonial center dating to c. 1050-1400. Known for studies there and at other sites, his work redefined archaeological field methodology in Indiana. He was instrumental in the decision of Eli Lilly and the Indiana Historical Society to purchase the site in 1938. A pioneering professional Indiana archaeologist, Black led excavations at Angel Mounds for the Works Progress Administration from 1939 to 1942 and for the Indiana University field school from 1945 to 1962. He served as president of the Society for American Archaeology and lectured at IU from 1944 to 1960. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology continues his work on Indiana's early inhabitants.

Indiana · United States