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Betty J. Meggers

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Publications

47

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27

Active since

1950

Affiliations

Smithsonian Institution(Current)

Betty J. Meggers is an author at Smithsonian Institution specializing in anthropology, archaeology, and language studies.

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AnthropologyLanguageArchaeologyCultural AnthropologyGeographyEngineeringSocial SciencesEthnographyBioarchaeologyEducation

Publications per year

1950–2011

47

Publications

47

Tropical Forest Ecosystems in Africa and South America: a Comparative Review.

R. W. J. Keay, Betty J. Meggers, Edward S. Ayensu et al. · Journal of Ecology · 1974 · 487 citations

Biodiversity, South America, Tropical Forest Ecosystems +9

Environmental Limitation on the Development of Culture<sup>1</sup>

Betty J. Meggers · American Anthropologist · 1954 · 364 citations

Culture, Cultural Sustainability, Environmental Limitation +7

Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise.

P. W. Richards, Betty J. Meggers · Journal of Ecology · 1972 · 360 citations

Engineering, Chapter 1, Cultural Heritage +26

Anthropological Archaeology in the Americas

Jesse D. Jennings, Betty J. Meggers · Ethnohistory · 1971 · 231 citations

American Archaeology, Archaeological Record, Archaeology +3

Archeological evidence for the impact of mega-Ni�o events on Amazonia during the past two millennia

Betty J. Meggers · Climatic Change · 1994 · 197 citations

Palaeo-environmental Reconstruction, Engineering, Geography +9

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