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