Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982
Junius Bouton Bird (b. September 12, 1907, Rye, New York- d. April 2, Spuyten Duyvil, New York), was an American archaeologist who was appointed curator of South American Archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History in 1934. His contributions to the study of ecology, climate, and pre-Columbian archaeology earned him several awards including The Viking Fund Medal for Archaeology (1956) and The Order of "El sol de Peru" (1974). In 1961 he was elected as the president of the Society for American Archaeology.
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| employeeOf | American Museum of Natural History. | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Baffin Island Expedition (1927) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Boekelman Shell-Heap Expedition (1931) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Effie M. Morrissey (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Society for American Archaeology | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States.Work Projects Administration (Pa.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Work Projects Administration. Pennsylvania. | corporateBody |
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| Spuyten Duyvil | NY | US | |
| Baffin Island | 14 | CA | |
| Rye | NY | US |
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Birth 1907-09-12
Death 1982-04-02
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