Professor
Robert James Sharer
(
–
)
1940
2012
University of Pennsylvania
;
Philadelphia, PA
Anthropologist; Archaeologist; Educator; Museum curator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Anthropology and Archaeology
Elected
2004
Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology. Contributor to new models of ancient Maya civilization, particularly in the area of secondary state formation. Leader in combining excavation data with hieroglyphic writing to illuminate the political and ritual behaviors of Maya rulers from A.D. 400- 900. Author of The Ancient Maya.
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