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'''Robert M. Carmack''' is a Mesoamericanist scholar who is most noted for his studies of Mayan history in the infiltration of [[Nahuatl]] speaking people into the Mayan cultural areas.
'''Robert M. Carmack''' (born 1934)<ref>{{cite LAF|id=n80-89238}}</ref> is an academic [[anthropologist]] and [[Mesoamerica]]nist scholar who is most noted for his studies of the history, culture and societies of contemporary [[Maya peoples]]. In particular he has conducted extensive research on the Maya in the context of the infiltration and migration of [[Nahuatl]] speaking peoples into the Maya cultural areas.


Carmack is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the [[State University of New York]] at Albany who for the last few years has been working as a senior [[Fulbright]] Scholar.
Carmack is an [[emeritus]] professor of anthropology at the [[State University of New York]] at Albany who for the last few years has been working as a senior [[Fulbright Scholar]].


Carmack has also written several books on early Mayan culture and linguistics.
Carmack has also written several books on early Mayan culture and linguistics.

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Robert M. Carmack
Born1934
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fieldsanthropology
InstitutionsState University of New York

Robert M. Carmack (born 1934)[1] is an academic anthropologist and Mesoamericanist scholar who is most noted for his studies of the history, culture and societies of contemporary Maya peoples. In particular he has conducted extensive research on the Maya in the context of the infiltration and migration of Nahuatl speaking peoples into the Maya cultural areas.

Carmack is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany who for the last few years has been working as a senior Fulbright Scholar.

Carmack has also written several books on early Mayan culture and linguistics.

Selected publications

Books

  • Rebels of Highland Guatemala: The Quiche-Mayas of Momostenango. University of Oklahoma Press (1995).
  • Historia Antigua de America Central: del Poblamiento a la Conquista. FLACSO, Costa Rica (1992).
  • Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis. University of Oklahoma Press (1988).
  • The Quiche-Mayas of Utatlan: The Evolution of a Highland Maya Kingdom. University of Oklahoma Press (1982).
  • Historia Social de los Quiches. Jose de Pineda Ibarra, Guatemala (1979)
  • Quichéan Civilization: The Ethnohistoric, Ethnographic and Archaeological sources. Berkeley and Los Angeles. University of California Press (1973).


Sources

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).