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 95 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, Latin American Historical Archaeology.
Research Topics: Prehispanic and historic Maya archaeology; coastal adaptations, ecology, subsistence and settlement patterns; trade and economics; Yucatecan history, historical archaeology, and historical cartography.
Links:
Ecological Anthropology (Co-taught w/ Prof. Dean)
New College Anthropology Program
Publications, Papers, and Reports
Coastal Surveys of the Maya Area
Proyecto Isla Cerritos & Cupul Survey, 1984-1988
Proyecto Costa Maya, 1999-2003 (w/ related projects up to 2010)
- List of Publications, Reports, Papers, and Theses
- 1999-2000 National Geographic Report
- 2001 National Geographic Report
- 2002 National Geographic Report
- Tzeme Chapel Report - Mexicon 2002
- Xtul: Puerto Salinero y Henequenero - Campeche 2002
- General Report - Mexicon 2004
- Reporte General - Guatemala 2004
- Proyectos Costa Maya & Ciudad Caucel - FAMSI 2008
- David S. Anderson & Proyecto Arqueologico Xtobo Reports
Selected Publications
Extincion de la foca en Yucatan [Andrews 1984]
Isla Cerritos: An Itza Trading Port on the North Coast of Yucatan [Andrews et al 1988]
An Ancient Maya Seaport at Isla Cerritos, Yucatan [Andrews 1995]
Asentamientos coloniales en la costa de Quintana Roo [Andrews & Jones 2001]
El antiguo puerto maya de Conil [Andrews 2002]
New Perspectives on the Maya Salt Trade [Andrews & Mock 2002]
The Northern Maya Collapse
& its Aftermath [Andrews, Andrews V & Robles 2003]
Some Historic Notes and Observations on Isla Cancun, Quintana Roo
[Andrews 2006]
Historical Archaeology of Yucatan [Andrews 1981]
Historical Archaeology of the Maya Area: A Working Bibliography