Heather McKillop
Heather McKillop | |
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| Born | Heather Irene McKillop 1953 |
| Education | Trent University (B.S. 1977, M.A. 1980) University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. 1987) |
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| Fields | Maya archaeology |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
Heather Irene McKillop (born 1953) is a Canadian-American archaeologist, academic, and Mayanist scholar, noted in particular for her research into ancient Maya coastal trade routes, seafaring, littoral archaeology, and the long-distance exchange of commodities in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. As of 2009[update] McKillop holds an endowed chair at Louisiana State University (LSU), where she is William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology in LSU's Department of Geography and Anthropology.[1]
References
- ^ "In Search of Maya Sea Traders". Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
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Categories:
- American archaeologists
- Canadian archaeologists
- American Mesoamericanists
- Canadian Mesoamericanists
- Mesoamerican archaeologists
- Mayanists
- 20th-century Mesoamericanists
- 21st-century Mesoamericanists
- Trent University alumni
- University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
- Louisiana State University faculty
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Canadian women scientists
- American women scientists
- Female Mesoamericanists
- Women archaeologists