Jean Allard Jeancon

Jean Allard Jeancon (December 14, 1874 – April 11, 1936) was an American anthropologist. He conducted archaeological work in the American Southwest, including Chimney Rock, Colorado.

Early life and education
Jeancon was born in Newport, Kentucky on December 14, 1874 to a French father, Jean Allard Jeançon Sr., and German mother, Matilde Louise Lemcke. He was educated in Newport, Kentucky before studying abroad in Germany and France, and returned to Newport for one year of high school. He studied music at the Cincinnati College of Music and Kentucky College of Music before receiving a doctoral degree from the National Conservatory of Music in New York City.

Career
Jeancon served as a private and musician during the Spanish-American War with the Kentucky Infantry and as First Lieutenant with the Colorado National Guard. In 1904, he became interested in archaeology after spending four weeks with the Tewa people in New Mexico, and later became the supervisor of the Manitou Cliff Ruins in Colorado. In 1922, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Denver, where he taught archaeology and ethnology as well as directing excavation camps in conjunction with the Colorado State Museum. His archaeological work was mostly conducted in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona from the 1910s to early 1930s. This work is related to prehistoric and historic Native American tribes including the Utes, Pueblos, and Navajos.

He is most known for his work excavating at Chimney Rock, Colorado, where he and his team discovered many artifacts that were added to the State Historical Society collections. In 1921, they worked at multiple sites in this area including the Guard House and the Great House Pueblo. Jeancon and Frank H. H. Roberts began working together in 1922 to survey the area and continue excavations, and their work continued into the early 1930s.

Death
Jeancon died on April 11, 1936 in Denver, Colorado at the Oakes Nursing Home after a long illness. He was cremated and buried on April 28, 1936 in Colorado Springs at the Jeancon family plot.

Works

 * Archaeological research in the northwestern San Juan Basin of Colorado during the summer of 1921 (1922)
 * Excavations in the Chama Valley, New Mexico (1923)
 * Indian Song Book (1924)
 * Archeological investigations in the Taos Valley, New Mexico, during 1920 (1929)
 * A Handbook of the Pueblo Indians (unpublished)