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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001212b.htm person Setzler Frank Maryl AACR2 1902 1975 Place of Birth Fremont, Ohio, United States of America Anthropologist Frank Setzler was an anthropologist who, for over 20 years, was Chief Curator of the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum. His main interest was Indian burial mounds in the U.S.A., especially of the Hopewell culture. During the 1930s he participated in archaeological projects in Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Coahuila, Mexico. In 1948 Setzler was appointed Deputy Leader of the American-Australian Expedition to Arnhem Land, despite having no previous experience of Australia. His relations with the leader of the Expedition, Charles Mountford, were tense. During the Expedition he was most interested in collecting Aboriginal remains, often digging up graves and stealing bones. After returning to the U.S.A. at the end of the Expedition, Setzler published a number of papers resulting from the Expedition, but did not return to Australia. 1928 1928 Education - Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB), University of Chicago, U.S.A. 1928 1930 Career position - State archaeologist of Ohio 1930 1935 Career position - Assistant Curator, Division of Archaeology, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution 1935 1937 Career position - Chief Curator, Division of Archaeology, United States National Museum 1937 1960 Career position - Chief Curator, Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum February 1948 November 1948 Career position - Deputy Leader, American-Australian Expedition to Arnhem Land 1960 1960 Life event - Retired 1971 1971 Award - Honorary Doctorate, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Mountford, Charles Pearcy (1890 - 1976) American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (1948)

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 'Setzler, Frank Maryl', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Setzler, Frank Maryl Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A unique archeological specimen from Australia Setzler, F. M. and McCarthy, F. D. A unique archeological specimen from Australia 1950 Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40 1-5 Book Section: The archaeology of Arnhem Land McCarthy, F. and Setzler, F. The archaeology of Arnhem Land Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1960 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, volume 2 Mountford, C. P. 215-95 Book: Clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948 Thomas, Martin Clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948 Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 2025 Frank Maryl Setzler - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Frank Maryl Setzler - Records MS 5230 1948 - 1973 Diary kept on the Arnhem Land Expedition in 1948, curriculum vitae, list of papers and publications relating to Arnhem Land; overall dates 1948-73 [17 cm, MS 5230]. 0.17 m