Peter Mathews (archaeologist)

See also: Peter Matthews (disambiguation)

Peter Mathews
Born (1951-06-12) June 12, 1951 (age 73)
Canberra, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Archaeologist, Epigrapher, Mayanist

Peter Mathews (born 12 June 1951 in Canberra, Australia[citation needed]) is an Australian archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist.

He was a professor at the University of Calgary, and is Co Director of the Naachtun Archaeology Project.[1] Between 1979 and 1986 he taught in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University.[2] He was a professor of Archaeology and Maya Hieroglyphs at La Trobe University until his retirement at the end of 2011. He continued to lecture at the university throughout 2012, until his end of tenure in 2013.[3]

He graduated with a B.A. in 1975 from the University of Calgary where he studied with David H. Kelley, and Yale University with a MPhil, and PhD, where he studied with Michael D. Coe.[4] During his time at Yale he was a MacArthur Fellow, at the age of 33.[2]

In the 1960s, he dubbed artifacts to be from an unknown "Site Q", which some think is La Corona. In 1973, he was invited to the first Mesa Redonda, Palenque conference.[5]

In 1997, he and ten Mexican colleagues were attacked, held, and released, near the Maya site of El Cayo.[6][7][8]

Awards

Works

  • Mathews, Peter (n.d.). "Site Names and Codes". Who's Who in the Classic Maya World. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  • Mathews, Peter (1991). "Classic Maya emblem glyphs". In T. Patrick Culvert (ed.). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. School of American Research Advanced Seminars. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 19–29. ISBN 0-521-39210-1.
  • Schele, Linda; Peter Mathews (1998). The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-80106-X. OCLC 37819972.
  • Mathews, Peter; Gordon R. Willey (1991). "Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings". In T. Patrick Culbert (ed.). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. School of American Research advanced seminar series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 30–71. ISBN 0-521-39210-1. OCLC 20931118.
  • Mathews, Peter (2005). ""Casper II": Complete List of Text References". Who's Who in the Classic Maya World. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  • "MAYA HIEROGLYPH DICTIONARY", FAMSI
  • Foster, Lynn V., Mathews, Peter, Handbook to life in the ancient Maya world, Oxford University Press US, 2005, ISBN 9780195183634

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ ARC3AZT, 2012, La Trobe University Subject Database
  4. ^ "Archeology Team Missing in Mexico Jungle", The New York Times, Sam Dillon, 1 July 1997
  5. ^ "An Interview with Dr. Peter Mathews" (PDF). Mayaexploration.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ^ "A Run for Their Lives", Archeology, Anglea M.H. Schuster, Volume 50 Number 5, September/October 1997
  7. ^ II, THOMAS H. MAUGH (1 July 1997). "Archeologists Safe After Jungle Attack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Ordeal in Chiapas: Archaeologists Survive Attack During Attempt to Rescue Maya Altar from Looters", SAA Journal, John W. Hoopes, 15-4