Robert Sharer

Robert J. Sharer (born 1940)[1] is an American archaeologist, academic and Mayanist researcher. He known for his archaeological investigations at a number of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sites conducted over a career spanning four decades, and for his archaeological reports, theorizing, and writings in his field of specialty, the ancient Maya civilization. Sharer has been a lecturer and professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Anthropology for more than 30 years,[2] and as of 2008 occupies the endowed chair of Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor in Anthropology, an appointment held since 1995.[3] He has also had an extensive association with Penn's University Museum of archaeology and anthropology, where as of 2008 he is the curator-in-charge of the Museum's American collection and research section.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
  2. ^ Penn Museum (2007)
  3. ^ Effective from July 1, 1995. See "Faculty Appointment and Promotion Report, from March 16 to April 13, 1995" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 1995. http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upa/upa1_1/90s/19950427a.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
  4. ^ Penn Museum (2007)

References

Penn Museum (2007). "Robert J. Sharer". Research: American Section. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/researchers/american.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
"American Academy of Arts and Sciences Welcomes Two SAS Professors" (Press release). SAS (School of Arts and Sciences). 2004, May 7. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/sharer_smith.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
Sharer, Robert J. (June 1974). "The Prehistory of the Southeastern Maya Periphery". Current Anthropology (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research) 15 (2): pp.165–187. doi:10.1086/201454. OCLC 62217742. 

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