The University of Arizona Press

Joe Ben Wheat became the first Curator of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum in Boulder in 1953, where he remained until retirement as Curator Emeritus in 1986. Wheat lectured widely and became known as the leading expert on southwestern textile history as well as an internationally recognized archaeologist. Segments of his work have been published in preliminary articles, but the majority of his ethnohistorical textile research has remained unpublished until now.