Degrees
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B.A., Stanford University, Philosophy and Humanities, 1962
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M.A., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1963
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Ph.D., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1968
Academic Experience
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Professor, Tulane University, 1978-2005
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Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1973-1978
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Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1970-1973
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Visiting Lecturer, Tulane University, 1969-1970
Distinctions
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Elected to membership in American Philosophical Society, 2002
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Elected to membership in the National Academy of Science, 1991
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Editorial Board, Middle American Research Institute, 1981-
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Executive Board, American Anthropological Association, 1980-
Languages
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Spanish
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Maya-Tzotzil
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Maya-Yucatec
Overseas Experience
Related Experience
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Chair, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, 1988-1991, 2003-2005
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Associate Editor, Journal of Mayan Linguistics, 1978-
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Series Editor, Supplement to Handbook of Middle American Indians, 1977-2007
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Editor, American Ethnologist, 1973-1976
Selected Publications
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2018. “A Historical Grammar of the Maya Language of Yucatan: 1557-2000.” University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City. (in press)
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2017. “Calendar Wheels of Colonial Mexico” With Anthony F. Aveni. Del Saber Ha Hecho Su Razon de Ser Homenaje a Alfredo Lopez Austin. 2:11-25. Editors, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Angela Ochoa. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Coordinacion de Huma
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2015. “When There’s a Will, There’s a Way: The Signifcance of Scribal Variation in Colonial Maya Testaments." Ethnohistory. 62 (3): 421-444.
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2015. “Some Alternative Eclipse Periodicities in Maya Codices.” With Harvey M. Bricker. Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica. 285-299. Editors, Anne S. Dowd and Susan Milbrath. University Press of Colorado Boulder.
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2015. “Linearity and Cyclicity in Pre-Columbian Maya Time Reckoning.” With Harvey M. Bricker. The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes. 165-182. Editor, Anthony F. Aveni. Dumberton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C.
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Emeritus Faculty
Region
Mesoamerica