Professor Emerita
About
Specialization:
Education:
Research:
Archaeology, cultural ecology; Mesoamerica
Education:
PhD, Anthropology, Yale University, 1969
BS, Geology, Tufts University, 1961
Research:
- Mesoamerican Prehistory–the prehistory of Mexico and the northern Central American countries from first settlement to the arrival of peoples from the Old World.
- Coastal Adaptations–how people over time have met the challenges of living along the world's coastlines.
- Transition from Foraging to Farming in Tropical Coastal Habitats–how mobile foragers shifted their lifeways to settled village farmers in tropical lowland habitats, especially on the south Pacific coast of Mexico.
