Betty Meggers

Betty Meggers

Betty J. Meggers (born December 5, 1921) is an American archaeologist who specializes in pre-Columbian cultures. Her field research has centered on Central and South America, especially Ecuador and Amazonian Brazil. Among other controversial hypotheses, Meggers has proposed trans-Pacific contact between ancient Japan and the Valdivia culture of Ecuador. [cite journal |last=Estrada |first=Emilio |coauthors=Betty J. Meggers, Clifford Evans |date=2 February 1962 |title= Possible Transpacific Contact on the Coast of Ecuador|journal= Science |volume=135 |issue=3501 |pages=371–372 |doi=10.1126/science.135.3501.371 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/135/3501/371 |accessdate=2007-05-18 |pmid= 17782632]

Meggers received her undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania, a masters degree from University of Michigan, and her PhD from Columbia University, after a dissertation focused on Marajo Island, Brazil. Meggers was married to Clifford Evans, an archaeology curator, from 1952 until his death in 1980; the couple conducted joint research in South America.

Meggers has written nearly two hundred articles, book reviews, translations, and books. She has received numerous awards for her archaeological contributions from both the United States and Latin America. Meggers continues to study pottery artifacts from the field.

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