Michael D. Coe (March 14, 1929, New York City, New York, United States – September 25, 2019, New Haven, United States). American archaeologist and anthropologist.
Summary
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- 2 Books
- 3 Awards and recognitions
- 4 Sources
Data
- He was an American epigrapher and author.
- Professor and Curator Emeritus (in the Anthropology Division from 1968 until his retirement in 1994.)
- From 2005 he held the chair of Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University
- He was world famous for his research and publications on the Mayans , the Olmecs, and many other archaeological subjects.
- His archaeological collections from the San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan site are in the Peabody Museum of de History, Yale, United States.
- He carried out studies on Mesoamerican civilization , pre-Columbian civilizations of North America , South America and the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia.
- He specialized in comparative studies of ancient tropical forest civilizations, such as those of Central America and Southeast Asia.
books
Some of his books were:
- 1957 (reissue in 2019). Mexico.
- The jaguar’s children: pre-classic central Mexico
- 1966 (reissue in 2019). The Maya.
- Early cultures and human ecology in south coastal Guatemala
- 1968 (reissued in 2017). America’s first civilization.
- 1980 (reissue in 1996). Atlas of ancient America.
- 1992 (reissue in 2012). Breaking the Maya.
- 1996 (reissue in 2019). The true history of chocolate, co-edited with Sophie D Coe
- 2003 (reissue in 2018). Angkor and the Khmer civilization by Michael D Coe (Book)
- 2012 Royal cities of the ancient Maya
Awards and honours
- 1981- Senior Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities.
- 1986- Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 1989— Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award. Harvard University.
- 2000- Hitchcock Professors, University of California, Berkeley.
- 2004— Order of the Quetzal . Republic of Guatemala
- 2006- Order of Pop. Popol Vuh Museum.
