Eduardo Góes Neves


Eduardo Góes Neves is professor of archaeology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is known for his work directing the Central Amazon Project from 1995 to 2010.

Career

Neves received his PhD from Indiana University.
In 2005, his colleague, American archaeologist James Petersen, died after he was shot when the pair were robbed at a restaurant in the Brazilian Amazon.
He was Capes visiting professor for 2016-17 at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. He was president of the Brazilian Archaeological Society.

Selected publications

Books