Robert W. Neuman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Neuman, Robert W.
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Robert Neuman.
creator: label: Creator
content: Neuman, Robert W.
bioghist: label: Biological Note
content: Robert W. Neuman received his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Tulane University and Master of Arts in Anthropology from Louisiana State University.  For twelve years he worked on the North American Great Plains for the Smithsonian Institution, excavating archaeological sites dating from 5,000 B.C. to the historic period.  From 1967 until his retirement in 1994, Neuman was curator of anthropology at Louisiana State University. During his tenure with LSU he conducted major excavations at prehistoric sites in Louisiana while continuing his interests in grassland archaeology in the pampas of Argentina and the grasslands of northern China.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940 - circa 1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2003-32
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains the professional papers of anthropologist Robert W. Neuman.  The collection documents Neuman's work on the River Basin Surveys (Missouri and Chattahoochee rivers); his archaeological field work in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and Neuman's participation in professional activities such as conferences and scholarly publications.  Materials include administrative records, articles, correspondence, field notes, journals, memorandums, newsletters, notebooks, photographs, programs, slides, and reports from the various excavation sites.  

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