Meggers, Betty J.
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- Summary
- Betty Jane Meggers was an American archaeologist best known for her work in South America. She was considered influential at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was long associated in research, and she wrote extensively about environment as a shaper of human cultures. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1]VIAF[2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Library of Congress[5]Wikidata
- Born
- 1921-12-05 [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[5]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Washington, D. C. [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Washington, D.C. [5]Wikidata
- Died
- 2012-07-02 [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[5]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Washington, D. C. [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Washington, D.C. [5]Wikidata
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]Wikidata
- archaeologist [5]Wikidata
- Profession
- Archäologin [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Employer
- Smithsonian Institution [5]Wikidata
- National Museum of Natural History [5]Wikidata
- Educated at
- University of Michigan [5]Wikidata
- University of Pennsylvania [5]Wikidata
- Columbia University [5]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [5]Wikidata
- Archives at
- National Anthropological Archives [5]Wikidata
- Smithsonian Institution Archives [5]Wikidata
- Smithsonian Institution [5]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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