Anabel Ford

Anabel Ford
Ford in 2023
Born22 December 1951 (1951-12-22) (age 72)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Known forDiscovery of El Pilar, Maya civilization archaeology
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
Archaeology

Anabel Ford (born 22 December 1951) is an American archaeologist specializing in the study of Mesoamerica, with a focus on the lowland Maya[1] of Belize and Guatemala. She is recognized for her discovery of the ancient Maya city El Pilar. Ford is currently affiliated with the Institute of Social Behavioral and Economic Research (ISBER) and is the director of the MesoAmerican Research Center (MARC) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]

  1. ^ Maestri, Nicoletta. "The Ancient Maya or Mayans?". About Education. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Anabel Ford". MesoAmerican Research Center. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 30 September 2015.