# Betty Meggers

> Betty Jane Meggers was an American archaeologist best known for her work in South America. She was considered influential at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was long associated in research, and she wrote extensively about environment as a shaper of human cultures.

*Anthropologist, archaeologist, and director of the Latin American Archaeology Program at the National Museum of Natural History (1921-2012)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1921-12-05
- **Died:** 2012-07-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.3 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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