Guillermo Algaze

Guillermo Algaze
Born (1954-11-24) November 24, 1954 (age 69)
Havana, Cuba
CitizenshipCuba (birthplace), United States (naturalized)
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico;
University of Chicago
Known forA 2003 MacArthur "Genius" Award.
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
ThesisMesopotamian expansion and its consequences: informal empire in the late fourth millennium B.C. (1986)
Doctoral advisorsRobert M. Adams
Helene Juliet Kantor
McGuire Gibson

Guillermo Algaze (born November 24, 1954) is a Cuban-born American anthropologist and recipient of a 2003 MacArthur Award,[1] Algaze is a former chair of the anthropology department at University of California, San Diego, and project director of the Titris Hoyuk excavation in southern Turkey.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Guillermo Algaze". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Faculty Experts". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  3. ^ John Noble Wilford (May 25, 1993). "Trade or Colonialism? Ruins May Give Answer". New York Times.
  4. ^ John Noble Wilford (May 23, 2000). "Ruins Alter Ideas Of How Civilisation Spread". New York Times.