National Anthropological Archives

Photograph of Robert F. Heizer at Palenque, 1955

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.77-59
Creators:
Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979
Dates:
1955
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Print
silver 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
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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