National Program of Archeological Research in Brazil
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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1989
label: Date
content: bulk 1964-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2013-01, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains material related to the National Program of Archeological Research in Brazil, also know as the Programa Nacional de Pesquisas Arqueologicas (PRONAPA). PRONAPA was a long-term (1965-1970) research program focused on collaborative research among Brazilian archaeologists under the guidance of Betty Meggers and Clifford Evans. The program was co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, and worked under the reseach topic of Prehistoric Routes of Cultural Diffusion in Brazil. The goals of the program were to provide training for Brazilian archeologists, promote archaeology in Brazil, and generate more scholarly archaelogical literature. Under the direction of Meggers and Evans, PRONAPA archaeologists carried out systematic surveys of the Brazilian coast, collecting data and artifacts related to the prehistory of the area. The program also stimulated and organized archaeological studies at Brazilian universities and research institutes that helped train a new generation of Brazilian archaeologists in the 1960s and 1970s.

Subseries 1: Financial Reports and Project Budgets primarily contains administrative and financial documents, the bulk of which are project budgets and account statements.

Subseries 2: Individual Archeologist Files chiefly consists of correspondence between Meggers and Evans with the Brazilian archaeologists involved in the PRONAPA program. The majority of the correspondence consists of project reports and updates on research. Photographs, site maps, and manuscripts are sometimes included. The correspondence is in English and Portuguese.

Subseries 3: Seminars and Progress Reports includes annual meeting documents and progress reports.

This series retains the organization used by Meggers with some minor changes.