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For nearlyalmost half a century before his death, Allen was the anonymous but widely respectedrevered draftsman for the outstanding maps that appeared in almostnearly every issue of [[Desert Magazine]]. As an archaeologist, he was an expert on [[Hohokam]] culture and the archaeology of the [[Gila Bend]] area in Arizona.

For more than 40 winter seasons, Norton Allen, along with his fatherwife ErnestEthel and wifehis Ethelfather Ernest, salvaged archaeological materials that were in danger of being destroyed by expanding agricultural projects fed by water from the [[Gila River]]. He also conducted small excavations in the [[San Pedro Valley (Arizona)|San Pedro Valley]], southern [[Utah]], and southwestern [[Colorado]]. It was Allen's work and discoveries, particularly at the [[Gatlin Site]], one of the few documented Hohokam [[Mound builder (people)|platform mounds]], that was the impetusmotivating forforce behind the excavations in the [[Painted Rock Dam|Painted Rocks]] Reservoir conducted by [[Arizona State Museum]] archaeologists William Wasley and [[Alfred E. Johnson|Alfred Johnson]] from 1959 to 1964.<ref>'''{{cite web|work=Journal of the Southwest'', [|url=http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/research/norton_allen_artist_archaeologist.shtml |title=Summer/Autumn 2010 issue]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603070632/http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/research/norton_allen_artist_archaeologist.shtml|archive-date=2016-06-03}}</ref>

In 1996 the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society awarded the Victor R. Stoner Award to Norton and Ethel in recognition of their lifelong contributions to archaeological preservation and helping bring knowledge of the Hohokam in the Gila Bend area to the public's attention.{{cn|date=October 2021}}