Smithsonian Institution Amazon Ecosystems Program
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Meggers, Betty Jane
label: Collection Creator
content: Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
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content: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2013-01, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains material related to the Smithsonian Institution Amazon Ecosystems Program, which was established in 1974 to provide research grants and promote scientific interchange on environmental aspects of Amazonia. As part of the program, Evans established the Archeological Project, which was a continuation of projects begun with the Programa Nactional de Pesquisas Arquelogicas (PRONAPA). PRONAPA was a program begun in 1965 by Evans and Betty Meggers to collaborate with Brazilian archeologists on numerous projects in the Amazon region. Both programs are represented in this series, and distinguished when possible. There are also references to the Programa Nacional de Pesquisas Arqueologicas na Bacia Amazonica (PRONAPABA). The series contains correspondence and research data from the following archeologists: Igor Chmyz, Ondemar Dias, Bernardo Dougherty, Denise Gomes, Klaus Hilbert, Peter Paul Hilbert, Eurico Miller, Celso Perota, Denise Shaan, and Mario Simoes.

The Administrative Files subseries chiefly consist of fiscal year annual reports, contracts, project reports, fund requests, travel files, and correspondence. The Program Reports and Data subseries is primarily comprised of project reports and data files organized by archeologist. The data files include carbon-14 datings, ceramic seriation, and photographs. The Notes and Manuscripts subseries includes reports and data organized by subject and location.

The series retains Meggers's arrangement with a few changes for clarity.