Anna Curtenius Roosevelt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Alma mater | Foxcroft School Stanford University Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois Chicago Field Museum of Natural History Museum of the American Indian |
Anna Curtenius Roosevelt (born 1946[1]) is an American archaeologist and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago. She studies human evolution and long-term human-environment interaction. She is one of the leading American archeologists studying Paleoindians in the Amazon basin.[2] Her field research has included significant findings at Marajo Island and Caverna da Pedra Pintada in Brazil. She has done additional field work in the Congo Basin. She is the great-granddaughter of United States President Theodore Roosevelt.