Anthony P. Andrews (scroll down for full page)

Professor of Anthropology. Arrived at New College of Florida in 1981. B.A., Harvard University (1972); M.A. (1976), Ph.D. (1980), University of Arizona.

Professor Andrews is a Maya archaeologist and ethnohistorian who has done extensive field work in Mexico and Central America. Andrews was raised in Yucatan, Mexico, where his father, E. Wyllys Andrews IV, was an archaeologist. His brother, E. Wyllys Andrews V, is a Maya archaeologist at Tulane University. He has conducted fieldwork in Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador. His research centers around the prehispanic and historic archaeology, ethnohistory, and history of southeastern Mesoamerica, with a primary focus on the Lowland Maya region of the Yucatan peninsula. Most of his fieldwork has been conducted in the coastal regions, and has been supported by the National Geographic Society, the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico, the University of South Florida, and New College of Florida. He has published seven books and monographs, and 90 articles, book chapters, and book reviews, in both English and Spanish.

Teaching Subjects: Survey of Archaeology; Human Origins; Method and Theory in Archaeology; Ecological Anthropology; Urban Anthropology; Primate Evolution and Behavior; Andean Prehistory; Old World Prehistory; Mesoamerican Civilization; Mesoamerican History and Culture; Maya Archaeology, Ethnography, and Ethnohistory.

Research Topics: Prehispanic and historic Maya archaeology; coastal adaptations, ecology, subsistence and settlement patterns; trade and economics; Yucatecan history, historical archaeology and historical cartography.

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Courses

Spring 2010 -- History and Culture of Mesoamerica

Urban Anthropology (co-taught with Prof. Maria Vesperi)

Method and Theory in Archaeology (Group Tutorial)

Spring 2010 Texts

New College Anthropology Program

Publications, Papers, and Reports

Coastal Surveys of the Maya Area

Proyecto Isla Cerritos & Cupul Survey, 1984-1988

Bibliografia

Proyecto Costa Maya, 1999-2003 (w/ related projects up to 2010)