James B. "Jim" Petersen (1954 - 13 August 2005) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist working in the Brazilian Amazon. He was chair of the department of anthropology at the University of Vermont. He was known for his work on Indian dark earth that demonstrated that indigenous people of the Amazon had been farmers.
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1954 Bristol, Connecticut
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13 August 2005 (aged 51) Brazil
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