希瑟-南-莱赫曼 材料科学家和考古学家

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Heather Nan Lechtman
Materials Scientist and Archaeologist | Class of March 1984
Title
Materials Scientist and Archaeologist
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Age
49 at time of award
Area of Focus
Archaeology
Published March 1, 1984
ABOUT HEATHER'S WORK
Heather Lechtman is an archaeologist who studies the technology and material culture of past societies from the perspective of materials science and materials engineering.

Her research emphasizes understanding the material culture of prehistoric societies as the product of technological activities.  Lechtman has specialized in the culture of the Andes and has demonstrated that pre-Hispanic metallurgy flourished in two regions of South America: the north coast of Peru, and the high plateau extending from the Bolivia-Chile-Peru border to northwestern Argentina.  She determined from her field and laboratory studies that Andean metallurgy is distinct from the early metallurgies of western Asia, Europe, and Africa.

BIOGRAPHY
She held positions at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (1956-1960), the American Institute of Physics (1960-1962) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (1963-1964), before becoming a research associate in archaeology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1967-1971).  In 1974, Lechtman became a professor at MIT and holds a joint appointment in materials science and engineering.  She has also been the director of the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology since 1977.

Lechtman received a B.A. (1956) from Vassar College, and an M.A. and a diploma in art and archaeological conservation (1966) from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

Last updated January 1, 2005.



希瑟-南-莱赫曼
材料科学家和考古学家 | 1984年3月班
职称
材料科学家和考古学家
工作地点
马萨诸塞州剑桥市
年龄
获奖时49岁
重点领域
考古学
发表于1984年3月1日
关于海瑟的工作
Heather Lechtman是一名考古学家，从材料科学和材料工程的角度研究过去社会的技术和物质文化。

她的研究强调把史前社会的物质文化理解为技术活动的产物。 莱赫特曼专门研究安第斯山脉的文化，并证明西班牙前的冶金业在南美洲的两个地区蓬勃发展：秘鲁的北岸，以及从玻利维亚-智利-秘鲁边境延伸到阿根廷西北部的高原。 她通过实地考察和实验室研究确定，安第斯山脉的冶金学与西亚、欧洲和非洲的早期冶金学不同。

个人简历
她曾在斯隆-凯特林癌症研究所（1956-1960）、美国物理研究所（1960-1962）和布鲁克海文国家实验室（1963-1964）任职，然后成为麻省理工学院的考古学研究助理（1967-1971）。 1974年，莱赫曼成为麻省理工学院的教授，并担任材料科学和工程的联合职务。 自1977年以来，她还担任了考古学和民族学材料研究中心的主任。

莱克特曼在瓦萨学院获得学士学位（1956年），在纽约大学美术学院获得硕士学位和艺术与考古学保护文凭（1966年）。

最后更新于2005年1月1日。