Polly Schaafsma, Date of Birth

Polly Schaafsma

American archaeologist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1935

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Polly Dix Schaafsma is an American archaeologist, best known for her publications on Native American rock art.
Schaafsma is a research associate in the Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She and her husband, anthropologist Curtis F.
Schaafsma, have published research on the origins of the prehistoric Katchina cult in what became the Southwest USA. Schaafsma is a frequent lecturer and instructor at rock art field seminars for the School for Advanced Research, the Museum of New Mexico, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, and elsewhere.
In 2008, Schaafsma received the Klaus Wellmann Memorial Award from the American Rock Art Research Association.