Niède Guidon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Niède Guidon

Brazilian archaeologist

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1933

Place of Birth: Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Niède Guidon (Portuguese pronunciation: [ni'?d?i gi'dõ]) is a Brazilian archaeologist who was born on the 12 March 1933 in Jaú, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
She has won international recognition and support for her struggle to protect Brazil's rich archaeological heritage. Since the late 20th century, she has excavated hundreds of prehistoric sites in Piauí, Brazil.
Her dates from sites indicate that human settlement preceded the earliest known in North America by tens of thousands of years, which has generated controversy.
In addition, she has theorized that some of the early ancient peoples may have arrived from Africa by boat, rather than over the land bridge from northeast Asia.