Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Robert Fleming Heizer Papers, ca. 1851-1980
Collection Number:
Microfilm: BANC FILM 2106
Originals: BANC MSS 78/17 c
Creator:
Heizer, Robert Fleming, 1915-
Extent:
Microfilm: 173 reels
Originals: 38 cartons, 1 box, 8 volumes, and 3 oversize folders
Linear feet: Approximately 48.5
Repository:
The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract:
Heizer directed important field work in the Sacramento Valley of California, near Lovelock, Nevada, and the Mayan sites of La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico and Abaj Takalik, Guatemala. He published more than 500 books and articles concerning archaeology and anthropology. He served as an expert witness in the Indian land claims cases Clyde F. Thompson et. al. v. United States, Docket No. 31, and Ernest Risling et. al. v. United States, Docket No. 37.
Physical Location:
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Languages Represented:
English
