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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph of Robert F. Heizer at Palenque, 1955
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.77-59
- Creators:
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Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979
- Dates:
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1955
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Printsilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photograph depicting Robert F. Heizer standing next to carved name, probably of Désiré Charnay, in Palenque temple, April 1955.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Robert F. Heizer (1915-1979) was an anthropologist best known for his archeological and ethnographic work in California and Nevada. After receiving his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley (1941), he worked there as a professor from 1946 to 1976, when he gained emeritus status. Heizer's research interests grew to include Mexican archeology, and he undertook an expedition in 1955 to La Venta with Philip Drucker, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Robert J. Squiers.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Robert Heizer, through Betty Ahrens at the Center for the Study of Man, 1977.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 77-59, Photograph of Robert F. Heizer at Palenque, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds the Robert Fleming Heizer Papers 1943-1978; 1955-1970.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Special Collections at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley also hold Heizer's papers.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 77-59
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Palenque Site (Mexico) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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