Alfred Marston Tozzer

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Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.


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instanceOf academic
anthropologist
archaeologist
human
academicDiscipline archaeology of the Americas
cultural anthropology
affiliation Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
areaOfResearch Maya civilization
pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Harvard University
familyName Tozzer
fieldOfWork Maya studies
Mesoamerican archaeology
anthropology
archaeology
genre archaeological monograph
ethnography
givenName Alfred
hasAcademicAdvisor Franz Boas
hasPartIn development of Maya studies as an academic field
influencedBy Franz Boas
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Harvard University faculty
nationality American
notableFor contributions to Maya ethnography
integration of ethnographic and archaeological methods in Maya research
long association with Harvard University
pioneering work in Maya archaeology
research on Mayan civilization
notableWork ethnographic work on Maya communities
studies of Maya hieroglyphic writing
occupation anthropologist
archaeologist
university professor
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
Guatemala
Yucatán Peninsula

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Tozzer Library
namedAfter
Tozzer
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