Alexander J. Lindsay Jr
After earning his MA from the University of Arizona in 1958, Lex Lindsay began his 23-year career at MNA as Archaeologist in Charge of the historic Glen Canyon Project from 1958 to 1963. As MNA’s Curator of Anthropology from 1964 to 1981 Lex oversaw large projects during the transition from salvage archaeology projects to what is now known as cultural resource management. He supported students and especially women in the field, and taught at NAU from 1968 to 1974.
At MNA Lex also upgraded site survey and cataloging systems, focusing on the storage, curation, and conservation of archaeological collections. In 1979 he coauthored a report on the curation of archaeological materials that widely influenced the museum profession. After his retirement in 1981, Lex was a research associate at Arizona State Museum and continued his research in ceramics and the Kayenta culture that was the basis for his PhD in 1969.
Lex was awarded the Conservation Archaeologist Award from the American Society for Conversation Archaeology in 1982, the Arizona Archaeology Advisory Council lifetime achievement award in 2002, and recognized as an MNA Distinguished Alumus in 1998. The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society has created the Unsung Heroes Award in his honor.
Adams, William Y., Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr., and Christy G. Turner II. Survey and excavations in Lower Glen Canyon, 1954-1958. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 36, 1961.
Ambler, J. Richard, Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr., and Mary Anne Stein. Survey and excavations on Cummings Mesa, Arizona and Utah, 1960-1961. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 39, 1964.
Lindsay, Alexander J., Jr., and Calvin H. Jennings. Salado Red Ware Conference, Ninth Southwestern Ceramic Seminar. Museum of Northern Arizona Ceramic Series no. 4, 1968.
Lindsay, Alexander J., Jr. and J. Richard Ambler. “Recent contributions and research problems in Kayenta Anasazi prehistory.” Plateau, vol. 35, no. 3, 1963.
Lindsay, Alexander J., Jr. and J. Richard Ambler. Recent contributions to the understanding of the prehistory of the Glen Canyon Basin. Museum of Northern Arizona Glen Canyon Project File no. 25, 1963.
Lindsay, Alexander J., Jr., J. Richard Ambler, Mary Anne Stein, and Philip M. Hobler. Survey and excavations north and east of Navajo Mountain, Utah, 1959-1962. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 45, 1968.