Peveril Meigs, III, (Queens, Nova York, 5 de maig de 1903 - 16 de setembre de 1979) va ser un geògraf estatunidenc, conegut sobretot pels seus estudis de les terres àrides en diversos continents i especialment pels seus treballs a la Baixa Califòrnia, Mèxic.
Meigs nasqué al barri de Queens a Nova York. Estudià a la Universitat de Califòrnia, Berkeley doctorant-s'hi el 1932. Ensenyà a les universitats de San Francisco, Califòrnia i Luisiana.
Entre 1928 i 1936 dugué a terme estudis etnogràfics i arqueològics dels pobles indígenes de la Baixa Califòrnia.Peveril Meigs, "Historical geography of tide mills on the Atlantic coast," American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1970 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Philosophical Society, 1971) pages 462-464.Peveril Meigs, "Tide mills on the Atlantic," Old Mill News, issue 7 (1979).
Bibliografia Meigs, Peveril, III. 1935. The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California. University of California Publications in Geography No. 7. Berkeley.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1939. The Kiliwa Indians of Lower California. Iberoamericana No. 15. University of California, Berkeley.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1966. Geography of Coastal Deserts. Arid Zone Research No. 28. UNESCO, Paris.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1970. "Capes of Human Hair from Baja California and Outside". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 6(1):21-28.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1971. "Creation Myth and Other Reflections of the Nijí Mishkwish". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 7(1):9-13.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1972. "Notes on the La Huerta Jat'am, Baja California: Place Names, Hunting, and Shamans". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 8(1):35-40.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1974. "Field Notes on the Sh'un and Jat'am, Manteca, Baja California". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 10(1):19-28.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1974. "Meigs on Tablas". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 10(1):19-28.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1976. "Some Pictographs in Northern Baja California". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 12(1):2-8.
Meigs, Peveril, III. 1977. "Notes on the Paipai of San Isidoro, Baja California". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 13(1):11-20.
Sauer, Carl O., and Peveril Meigs, III. 1927. "Site and Culture at San Fernando de Velicatá". University of California Publications in Geography 2:271-302. Berkeley.
Referències Sources Mathes, W. Michael. 2001. "Peveril Meigs, III, and Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, the Final Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California". Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 37(4):16-18. Notes
Enllaços externs Biographical outline and bibliography Biography and research materials at U.C. San Diego
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