Neil Merton Judd (October 27, 1887 – December 19, 1976) was an Americanarchaeologist who studied under bothByron Cummings andEdgar Lee Hewett. He was the long-term curator of archaeology at theUnited States National Museum, part of theSmithsonian Institution. He is noted for his discovery and excavation of ruins left by theAncestral Pueblo People (also known asAnasazi) of theFour Corners area, especially sites located withinChaco Canyon, a region located within the now-aridSan Juan Basin of northwesternNew Mexico. He headed the first federally backed archeological expeditions sent to Chaco Canyon, excavating the key ruins ofPueblo Bonito and Pueblo del Arroyo.^[1] He was also a member of the1909 expedition that publicized Utah's Rainbow Bridge.^[2]

• Brew, JO (1978), "Neil Merton Judd, 1887–1976",American Anthropologist,80 (2):352–354,doi:10.1525/aa.1978.80.2.02a00060
• Strutin, M (1994),Chaco: A Cultural Legacy, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association,ISBN 978-1-877856-45-7

• Neil M. Judd,Men Met along the Trail: Adventures in Archaeology, 1968, University of Oklahoma Press. Judd's professional memoirs.
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park: A Brief History of Investigations & Excavations in Chaco Canyon: 1877 to Present
• Register to the Papers of Neil Merton Judd, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

• Media related toNeil M. Judd at Wikimedia Commons

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