Polly Dix Schaafsma is an American

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, best known for her publications on Native American

rock art In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type also ...

. Schaafsma is a

research associate Research associates are researchers (scholars and professionals) that usually have an advanced degree beyond a Master's degree. In some universities/research institutes, such as Harvard/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health, the ...

in the Laboratory of Anthropology,

Museum of New Mexico The Museum of New Mexico is a collection of museums, historic sites, and archaeological services governed by the State of New Mexico. It currently consists of six divisions : the Palace of the Governors state history museum, the New Mexico Museum of ...

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. She and her husband,

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

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 School for Advanced Research (SAR), until 2007 known as the School of American Research and founded in 1907 as the School for American Archaeology (SAA), is an advanced research center located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Since 1967, the sc ...

, the Museum of New Mexico,

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a research center and "living classroom" located in southwestern Colorado, US, which offers experiential education programs for students and adults. Crow Canyon is a center for archaeological research, educa ...

, and elsewhere. In 2008, Schaafsma received the Klaus Wellmann Memorial Award from the

American Rock Art Research Association American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

.Polly Schaafsma bio at Friends of Tijeras Pueblo
2008

Selected publications

* Polly Schaafsma, 2000, ''Warrior, Shield, and Star: Imagery and Ideology of Pueblo Warfare''. * David Muench and Polly Schaafsma, 1995, ''Images in Stone''.
Review
at
Apogee Photo Magazine
' * Polly Schaafsma, 1980, ''Indian rock art of the Southwest''. , (1986 reprint) * Schaafsma, Polly, and Curtis F. Schaafsma, 1974, "Evidence for the Origins of the Pueblo Katchina Cult as Suggested by Southwestern Rock Art".

American Antiquity The professional journal ''American Antiquity'' is published by Cambridge University Press for the Society for American Archaeology, an organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas. The journal is considered to be the flagship jou ...

39: 535–545. * Polly Schaafsma, 1972, ''Rock art in New Mexico''. (revised and expanded 1992) * Polly Schaafsma, 1971, ''The Rock Art of Utah''. (revised edition, 2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaafsma, Polly American archaeologists Writers from Santa Fe, New Mexico Living people Ancient Pueblo peoples rock art American women archaeologists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women