Clifford Evans photograph collection relating to exhibits at the Museo de Arqueologia in Trujillo, Peru
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 93-15D
name: label: Collector
content: Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
place: label: Place
content: Peru -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
creator: label: Collector
content: Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Clifford Evans (1920-1981) was curator of Latin American archeology for the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.  Born in Dallas, Dr. Evans grew up in California and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1941. He served in the Army Air Force in World War II and later earned a doctorate at Columbia University.  
A former instructor in archeology and anthropology, Dr. Evans joined the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History as a curator in 1951. A pioneer in studies of the prehistoric past of the Amazonian forest and lowlands, he conducted archeological field work throughout South America and in the Pacific Islands.  He and his wife, anthropologist Betty Meggers, collaborated on more than 100 scientific articles and monographs.  Dr. Evans was honored with the Washington Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Achievement, the 37th International Congress of Americanists Gold Medal and the Order of Merit from the Government of Ecuador.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.93-15D
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of exhibits and individual ceramics at the Museo de Arqueologia at the Universidad de Trujillo in Peru. Ceramics, most of which are Mochica, include pottery and figurines.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Clifford Evans Papers.