Marshall Howard Saville

Marshall Howard Saville (1867-1935) was an American archaeologist. He was born in Rockport, Massachusetts. He studied anthropology at Harvard University between 1889 and 1894, and joined the fieldwork under the direction of Frederic Ward Putnam. In the company of this archaeologist made important contributions to meet the so-called Mound builder people, who occupied southern Ohio before the arrival of Europeans. After 1903 he was professor of American archeology at Columbia University. He was the director of the American Indian Museum of the Heye Foundation in New York.

Among other works, Saville conducted explorations in Ecuador, Colombia and Honduras. In Mexico he participated in explorations in archaeological sites of the Olmec culture. In fact, it is credited with having created the Olmec term that became commonly used to refer to this town.

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