Betty Meggers
Betty Meggers | |
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Meggers in 2000 | |
| Born | December 5, 1921 |
| Died | July 2, 2012 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Columbia University |
| Father | William Frederick Meggers |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology in South America |
| Institutions | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
Betty Jane Meggers (December 5, 1921 – July 2, 2012) 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.