Burger, Richard L.
se49The prehistoric occupation of Chavín de Huántar, Peru
The prehistoric occupation of Chavín de Huántar, PeruBook 1984
se49Unity and heterogeneity within the Chavín Horizon
Unity and heterogeneity within the Chavín Horizonessay 1988
se49Chavin and the origins of Andean civilization
Chavin and the origins of Andean civilizationBook 1992
se49Maize and the origin of Highland Chavín civilization
Maize and the origin of Highland Chavín civilizationarticle 1990
se49Our father the cayman, our dinner the llama
Our father the cayman, our dinner the llamaarticle 1995
- Summary
- Richard Lewis Burger, Ph.D., is an archaeologist and anthropologist from the United States. He is currently a professor at Yale University and holds the positions of Charles J. MacCurdy Professor in the Anthropology Department, Chair of the Council on Archaeological Studies, and Curator in the Division of Anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. He has carried out archaeological excavations in the Peruvian Andes since 1975, publishing several books and many articles on Chavin culture, a pre-Hispanic civilization that developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru from 1000 BC to 400 BC. Burger is married to Lucy Salazar, a Peruvian archaeologist and long time collaborator on many research projects. His former doctoral student Sabine Hyland has become well known as an Andean anthropologist. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][4]
- Born
- 1950 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- New York- Manhattan [2]
- United States [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- archaeologist [4]
- anthropologist [4]
- Employer
- Yale University [4]
- Educated at
- Yale College [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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