Robert Sharer

Robert J. Sharer (March 16, 1940 – September 20, 2012)[1][2] was an American archaeologist, academic and Mayanist researcher. He was known for his archaeological investigations at a number of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sites conducted over a career spanning four decades, and for his archaeological reports, theorizing, and writings in his field of specialty, the ancient Maya civilization. Sharer was a lecturer and professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Anthropology for more than 30 years,[3] and as of 2008, occupied the endowed chair of Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor in Anthropology, an appointment which he held beginning in 1995.[4] He also had an extensive association with Penn's University Museum of archaeology and anthropology, where from 1987 to 2009 he was the curator-in-charge of the museum's American collection and research section.[3] He died on September 20, 2012.[5]

He was the author of Daily Life in Maya Civilization (Greenwood Press 2009), which appeared in two editions;[6] and, with Loa P. Traxler, The Ancient Maya (Stanford University Press, 2006), which appeared in six editions.[7]

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. ^ "Robert J Sharer in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  3. ^ a b Penn Museum (2007)
  4. ^ Effective from July 1, 1995. See "Faculty Appointment and Promotion Report, from March 16 to April 13, 1995" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 1995. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  5. ^ In Memoriam: Robert J. Sharer. Mesoweb Reports. http://www.mesoweb.com/reports/RobertSharer.html
  6. ^ Sharer, Robert J. (2009). Daily Life in Maya Civilization. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313351297.
  7. ^ Sharer, Robert J.; Traxler, Loa P. (2006). The Ancient Maya. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804748179.