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David M. Pendergast's Degrees

PhD Anthropology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Anthropology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, David Michael Pendergast, is an American Archaeologist, and is most famous for his work at Altun Ha and Lamanai, Belize. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology in 1955 from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at the University of California, Los Angeles, studying with Clement Meighan. He was later married to Elizabeth Graham, also a Mesoamerican Archaeologist.

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David M. Pendergast's Published Works

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The Classic Maya Collapse (1974) (146)
Lamanai, Belize: Summary of Excavation Results, 1974–1980 (1981) (123)
Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace and North Acropolis of Tikal (1992) (107)
Social Complexity and Food Systems at Altun Ha, Belize: The Isotopic Evidence (2001) (87)
On the Fringes of Conquest: Maya-Spanish Contact in Colonial Belize (1989) (73)
The Ceramics of Tikal: Vessels from the Burials, Caches and Problematical Deposits (1994) (70)
Excavations at the Marco Gonzalez Site, Ambergris Cay, Belize, 1986 (1989) (59)
Metal Artifacts in Prehispanic Mesoamerica (1962) (43)
Worlds in collision: the Maya/Spanish encounter in sixteenth and seventeenth century Belize (1993) (33)
Ecological Interpretation in Archaeology: Part I (1958) (32)
Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory (2004) (32)
Evidence of Early Teotihucan-Lowland Maya Contact at Altun Ha (1971) (31)
Ancient Maya Mercury (1982) (29)
The Context and Significance of Copper Artifacts in Postclassic and Early Historic Lamanai, Belize (2009) (29)
A lexicon for Maya architecture (1984) (28)
And the Loot Goes On: Winning Some Battles, But Not the War (1991) (25)
Locating Maya Lowlands Spanish Colonial Towns: A Case Study from Belize (1993) (25)
Interaction on the southeast Mesoamerican frontier : prehistoric and historic Honduras and El Salvador (1989) (24)
Folk Traditions as Historical Fact: A Paiute Example (1959) (24)
Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964-1970, Volume 1. (1982) (24)
Excavations at Eduardo Quiroz Cave, British Honduras (Belize) (1971) (23)
The prehistory of Actun Balam, British Honduras (1969) (22)
European Beads from Spanish-Colonial Lamanai and Tipu, Belize (1994) (18)
Tumbaga Object from the Early Classic Period, Found at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize) (1970) (18)
The houses in which they dwelt: the excavation and dating of Taino wooden structures at Los Buchillones, Cuba (2002) (16)
Lamanai, Belize: An Updated View (1985) (15)
Excavations at Actun Polbilche, Belize (1974) (13)
Metal artifacts. (1981) (12)
Fighting a looting battle: Xunantunich, Belize (1981) (12)
The center and the edge: Archaeology in Belize, 1809–1992 (1993) (12)
The battle for the Maya past: the effects of international looting and collecting in Belize (1989) (10)
A Maya Tooth Offering from Yakalche, British Honduras (1968) (9)
On the fringes of conquest: Maya-Spanish contact in early Belize (1989) (9)
A New Radiocarbon Sequence from Lamanai, Belize: Two Bayesian Models from One of Mesoamerica’s Most Enduring Sites (2016) (7)
A. H. Anderson's excavations at Rio Frio Cave E, British Honduras (Belize) (1970) (7)
Reconstructing the past : studies in Mesoamerican and Central American prehistory (2006) (7)
Houses in the Sea: Excavation and Preservation at Los Buchillones, Cuba. (2001) (7)
Metal Artifacts from Amapa, Nayarit, Mexico (1962) (6)
Maya urbanism and ecological change (1992) (5)
Adventure in Mexico. (Book Reviews: Palenque. The Walker-Caddy Expedition to the Ancient Maya City, 1839-1840) (1967) (5)
Altun Ha : a guidebook to the ancient Maya ruins (1969) (5)
Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize): the Sun God's tomb (1971) (4)
Excavations at Los Buchillones, Cuba (2000) (4)
Poor Beds of Sticks and Rings of Pure Gold (1992) (4)
The Problems Raised by Small Charcoal Samples for Radiocarbon Analysis (2000) (4)
Where’s the Meat?: Maya Zooarchaeology from an Archaeological Perspective (2004) (4)
5 Patterns of Cache Composition and Placement at Lamanai , Belize (2012) (4)
Palenque: The Walker-Caddy Expedition to the Ancient Maya City, 1839-1840 (1976) (3)
The practice of primicias in San José Succotz, British Honduras (Belize) (1972) (3)
Royal Ontario Museum Excavation: Finds at Lamanai, Belize (1977) (3)
Engineering problems in ancient maya architecture: Past, present, and future (1990) (3)
One Person's Impact on Archaeology (1995) (3)
Of Watery Rocks and Slumbering Crocs: Reassessing Middle Preclassic Occupation at Altun Ha and Lamanai, Belize (2020) (3)
Eleven flf { f ~ Up From the Dust : The Central Lowlands Postclassic as Seen from Lamanai and Marco Gonzalez , Belize By (2)
Ecological Interpretation in Archaeology: Part II (1958) (2)
Additional Data on Fired Clay Human Figurines from California (1955) (2)
The Historical Content of Oral Tradition: A Case from Belize (1988) (2)
Dressed to Kill: Jade Beads and Pendants in the Maya Lowlands (1998) (2)
Four Maya Pottery Vessels from British Honduras (1968) (1)
Further Data on Pacific Coast Fired Clay Figurines (1957) (1)
Locating Spanish colonial towns in the Maya lowlands: a case study from Belize (1993) (1)
Test Excavations at Maria Camp, British Honduras (1965) (1)
Now the Game is Over (1996) (1)
Shattered: Object fragmentation and social enchainment in the eastern Maya lowlands (2019) (1)
Salvage Excavation of the Alamilla/Gomez Property, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize (2003) (1)
Catálogo cartográfico de Belice. Cartographie Catalogue of Belize. 1511-1880. Édition A. Breton & M. Antochiw (1993) (1)
A. H. Anderson, 1901-1967 (1968) (1)
The Old Order Changeth (1995) (0)
On the Care and Feeding of LAA (1994) (0)
Archeology: Cuello: An Early Maya Community in Belize. Norman Hammond (1993) (0)
Editor's Corner (1993) (0)
Recent Research on Maya Lowlands Prehistory (1984) (0)
Survey Report of the West Fork Flood Control Reservoir (Mojave River Project, San Bernardino County, California) (1957) (0)
Of Watery Rocks and Slumbering Crocs: A reappraisal of the Middle Preclassic at Altun Ha and Lamanai (2015) (0)
Code blue record. (1984) (0)
The A.R.C. Workshop: Building Awareness Readiness and Commitment. (1979) (0)
Crossings (Obituary) Dr. Claes Lundgren. (2022) (0)
Art and Archaeology of Pre-Columbian Cuba. Ramón Dacal Moure and Manuel Rivero de la Calle. Daniel H. Sandweiss, translator, Daniel H. Sandweiss and David R. Watters, editors. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. 134 pp., 102 plates. $35.00 (cloth). (2004) (0)
Remembrances of Things Past: Peter D. Harrison and Maya Archaeology (2015) (0)
AQY volume 74 issue 284 Cover and Front matter (2000) (0)
Grès Fin à l'Anglais: English-influenced French Caneware (2011) (0)
Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964-1970. Vol. 3.@@@Sixth Palenque Round Table. 1986. (1992) (0)
Ritual of the Bacabs. Ralph L Roys. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1965. xxix + 193pp., 4 figs., appendices. $5.95. (1966) (0)
W(***) Basalt: a Survey (2014) (0)
A study of changes in role perceptions held by beginning social studies teachers (1967) (0)
Further Matters of Great Moment (1994) (0)
ENGLISH CANEWARE MANUFACTURERS, 1776-1830 (2004) (0)
After Simulation, What?. (1972) (0)
Transverse vibrations in composite wires (1972) (0)
Mexican Archaeology. An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Mexican and Mayan Civilizations of Pre-Spanish America (1971) (0)

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