| 词条 | James Petersen (anthropologist) |
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| name = James B. Petersen | image =James Petersen (anthropologist).jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1954 | birth_place = Bristol, Connecticut | death_date = 13 August 2005 | death_place = Brazil | death_cause = | nationality = American | residence = | education = | alma mater = University of Vermont, University of Pittsburgh | occupation = Anthropologist and archaeologist | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known for = Work in the Brazilian Amazon and New England prehistory | boards = | salary = | networth = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relations = | website = }} James B. "Jim" Petersen (1954 - 13 August 2005) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist working in the Brazilian Amazon. He was chair of the department of anthropology at the University of Vermont. He was known for his work on Indian dark earth that demonstrated that indigenous people of the Amazon had been farmers. Early lifeJames Petersen was born in Bristol, Connecticut, in 1954. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1979 with a BA in anthropology and environmental studies, and earned his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 1983 for a thesis on the prehistoric people of Vermont.[1][1] CareerPetersen was known for his work with his former student Michael Heckenberger of the University of Florida in the Brazilian Amazon on Indian dark earth that demonstrated that indigenous people of the Amazon had been farmers. He was also active in the Caribbean and in promoting the cause of the Abenaki tribe in Vermont in obtaining official recognition from the American government.[2] He was at the University of Maine at Farmington from 1983 to 1997 where he established the Archaeology Research Center. He moved to the University of Vermont in 1997 where he was associate professor of anthropology and chair of the department of anthropology. He was president of the Eastern States Archeological Federation for 1998 to 2000, and of the Vermont Archaeological Society.[2][1] Death and legacyHe died after he was shot when he and his colleague Eduardo Góes Neves were robbed at a restaurant in the Brazilian Amazon.[3][4][5] The James B. Petersen Memorial Gallery of Native American Cultures is part of the Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont.[6] Selected publications
References1. ^1 JAMES B. "Jim" PETERSEN. University of Vermont, 15 July 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, James (archaeologist)}}2. ^1 2 [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/sep/14/obituaries.obituaries James Petersen.] Quetta Kaye, The Guardian, 14 September 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 3. ^Death of James Petersen. The CAC Review, 18 August 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 4. ^[https://news.mongabay.com/2007/07/killers-of-renowned-anthropologist-sentenced-in-brazil/ Killers of renowned anthropologist sentenced in Brazil.] Mongabay, 12 July 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 5. ^Black Gold of the Amazon. Michael Tennesen, Discover, 30 April 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 6. ^The James B. Petersen Memorial Gallery of Native American Cultures. Fleming Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 9 : 1954 births|2005 deaths|American archaeologists|University of Vermont faculty|University of Vermont alumni|University of Pittsburgh alumni|People from Bristol, Connecticut|University of Maine faculty|American anthropologists |
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