Peter Mathews (archaeologist)

See also: Peter Matthews (disambiguation)

Peter Mathews (born 12 June 1951 in Canberra) is an Australian archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist. He was a professor at the University of Calgary, and is Co Director of the Naachtun Archaeology Project.[1] He is a professor of Archaeology and Maya Hieroglyphs at La Trobe University.[2]

He graduated from University of Calgary where he studied with David H. Kelley, and Yale University with a MPhil, and PhD, where he studied with Michael D. Coe.[3]

In the 1960s, he dubbed artifacts to be from an unknown "Site Q", which some think is La Corona. In 1973, he was invited to the first Mesa Redonda, Palenque conference.[4]

In 1997, he and ten Mexican colleagues were attacked, held, and released, near the Maya site of El Cayo.[5][6][7]

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Works

Mathews, Peter (n.d.). "Site Names and Codes". Who's Who in the Classic Maya World. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.. http://research.famsi.org/whos_who/sitenames_codes.htm. 
Mathews, Peter (1991). "Classic Maya emblem glyphs". In T. Patrick Culvert (ed.). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. School of American Research Advanced Seminars. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 19–29. ISBN 0-521-39210-1. 
Schele, Linda; and Peter Mathews (1998). The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-80106-X. OCLC 37819972. 
Mathews, Peter; and Gordon R. Willey (1991). "Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings". In T. Patrick Culbert (ed.). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. School of American Research advanced seminar series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 30–71. ISBN 0-521-39210-1. OCLC 20931118. 
Mathews, Peter (2005). ""Casper II": Complete List of Text References". Who's Who in the Classic Maya World. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). http://research.famsi.org/whos_who/monuments.php?mathewsnumber=PAL%20002. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
"MAYA HIEROGLYPH DICTIONARY", FAMSI
Foster, Lynn V., Mathews, Peter, Handbook to life in the ancient Maya world, Oxford University Press US, 2005, ISBN 9780195183634

References

  1. ^ http://people.ucalgary.ca/~naachtun/Team/Staff.html#
  2. ^ http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=PMathews
  3. ^ "Archeology Team Missing in Mexico Jungle", The New York Times, SAM DILLON, 1 July 1997
  4. ^ http://www.mayaexploration.org/pdf/interview_mathews.pdf
  5. ^ "A Run for Their Lives", Archeology, Anglea M.H. Schuster, Volume 50 Number 5, September/October 1997
  6. ^ "Archeologists Safe After Jungle Attack", The Los Angeles Times, THOMAS H. MAUGH II, 1 July 1997
  7. ^ "Ordeal in Chiapas: Archaeologists Survive Attack During Attempt to Rescue Maya Altar from Looters", SAA Journal, John W. Hoopes, 15-4

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