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Robert Sharer

Anthropology

#969

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#1304

Historical Rank

#488

USA Rank

Archeology

#266

World Rank

#400

Historical Rank

#64

USA Rank

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Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Robert J. Sharer was an American archaeologist, academic and Mayanist researcher. He was 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 was a lecturer and professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Anthropology for more than 30 years, and occupied the endowed chair of Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor in Anthropology, an appointment which he held beginning in 1995. He also had an extensive association with Penn's University Museum of archaeology and anthropology, where from 1987 to 2009 he was the curator-in-charge of the Museum's American collection and research section. He died on September 20, 2012.

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Robert Sharer's Published Works

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The ancient Maya (1946) (505)
Prehistoric pottery analysis and the ceramics of Barton Ramie in the Belize Valley (1980) (162)
Kings and commoners at Copan: Isotopic evidence for origins and movement in the Classic Maya period (2010) (133)
The ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios (1973) (123)
Regional perspectives on the Olmec (1991) (76)
Understanding early classic Copan (2002) (75)
Sociopolitical Developments and Methodological Issues at Copan, Honduras: A Conjunctive Perspective (1991) (66)
Archaeology and History at Quirigua, Guatemala (1978) (62)
Implications of new petrographic analysis for the Olmec "mother culture" model. (2005) (56)
Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology (1987) (53)
On the Logic of Archaeological Inference: Early Formative Pottery and the Evolution of Mesoamerican Societies (2006) (51)
Olmec Settlement Data from La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico (1988) (49)
The Prehistory of the Southeastern Maya Periphery (1974) (48)
New theories on the ancient Maya (1992) (47)
Archaeological investigations in the northern Maya Highlands, Guatemala : interaction and the development of Maya civilization (1987) (44)
EARLY CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE BENEATH THE COPAN ACROPOLIS (1999) (42)
Daily life in Maya civilization (1996) (39)
Fundamentals of archaeology (1979) (38)
Raman microprobe analysis of stucco samples from the buildings of Maya classic Copan (2007) (34)
Preclassic Ceramics from Chalchuapa, El Salvador, and Their Relationships with the Maya Lowlands (1970) (33)
Kingship and Polity: Conceptualizing the Maya Body Politic (2004) (33)
Evolution of Classic Period Architecture in the Eastern Acropolis, Copan: A progress report (1992) (31)
The Origins and Evolution of Usulutan Ceramics (1982) (27)
The Late Postclassic Eastern Frontier of Mesoamerica: Cultural Innovation Along the Periphery [and Comments and Replies] (1981) (23)
The Use and Representation of Cacao During the Classic Period at Copan, Honduras (2009) (20)
14. Late Preclassic Ceramic Spheres, Culture Areas, and Cultural Evolution in the Southeastern Highlands of Mesoamerica (1986) (16)
Micro-Attenuated Total Reflection Spectral Imaging in Archaeology: Application to Maya Paint and Plaster Wall Decorations (2008) (15)
The Preclassic Origin Of Lowland Maya States (1992) (14)
Pottery and Conclusions (1978) (9)
The Ch′orti′ Past: An Archaeological Perspective (2009) (7)
3. Archaeological Investigations in the Site Core of Quirigua, Guatemala (1986) (7)
Archaeology and history in the Royal Acropolis, Copán, Honduras (1999) (7)
Archaeological investigations in The Site Core of Quirigua: epigraphic and archaeological data now provide evidence of an occupation history spanning half a millennium (1980) (6)
The Margarita Tomb at Copán, Honduras : A research update (2000) (6)
Uncovering Copán's earliest royal tombs (1999) (5)
The Maya Highlands and the Adjacent Pacific Coast (2000) (5)
Quirigua : a classic Maya center & its sculptures (1990) (5)
Terminal Events in the Southeastern Lowlands: A View from Quirigua (1985) (4)
Artifacts and figurines (1978) (4)
In the Land of Olmec Archaeology (1982) (3)
New Town Ceramic Complex (1976) (3)
Introduction, surface surveys, excavations, monuments, and special deposits (1978) (3)
Discovering Our Past; Abrief Introduction Archaeology (2013) (2)
Early Formative pottery trade and the evolution of Mesoamerican civilisation (2007) (2)
Preclassic archaeological investigations at Chalchuapa, El Salvador : the El Trapiche mound group (1968) (2)
75th Annual Meeting American Anthropological Association (1975) (1)
WHO WERE THE MAYA (2012) (1)
ARCHEOLOGY: Bilbao, Guatemala: An Archaeological Study of the Pacific Coast Cotzumalhuapa Region. Volume I. Lee Allen Parsons (1969) (1)
Archaeology and Epigraphy Pevisited: an archaeological enigma and the Origins of Maya Writing (1985) (1)
22. Summary of Southeastern Periphery Papers (1986) (0)
In the Land of Olmec Archaeology@@@In the Land of the Olmec (1982) (0)
1. The Origins of Maya States: Problems and Prospects (2017) (0)
Marcus, Joyce (2020) (0)
"Fundamentals of archaeology", Robert J. Sharer, Wendy Ashmore, Menlo Park 1979 : [recenzja] / Z. Kobyliński. (1983) (0)
Cover Feature (2008) (0)
Cenote of Sacrifice: Maya Treasures from the Sacred Well at Chichen Itza. Clemency Chase Coggins and Orrin C. Shane III. University of Texas Press, Austin, 1984. 176 pp., figures, biblio., catalogue index. $24.50 (paper); $35.00 (cloth). (1986) (0)
Micro-ATR spectral imaging in combination with Raman spectroscopy and ESEM-EDX in Archaeology: Application to Maya Paint and Plaster Wall Decorations (2008) (0)
Flannery, Kent Vaughn (2020) (0)
The Quirigua Project, 1974-1979: a brief outline of the development and structure of the research (1980) (0)
Early Copán Acropolis Program 2000 Field Season (2012) (0)
Tradition Summary: Classic Maya (2000) (0)
Alfred P. Maudslay: Pioneer Maya Archaeologist (a review article) (1983) (0)
TIME OF KINGS AND QUEENS (2012) (0)
MATHEMATICS AND THE MAYA COLLAPSE (1986) (0)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE NORTHERN MAYA NEW DATA ON THE MAYA PRECLASSIC (2003) (0)

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