Evon Z. Vogt

Evon Z. Vogt

Evon Zartman Vogt, Jr. (20 August 1918 – 13 May 2004) was an American cultural anthropologist. Born in Gallup, New Mexico, he was a professor at Harvard University his entire career, serving as Chairman of the Department of Anthropology, Co-Master of Kirkland House (with his wife Catherine C. Vogt), and Chairman of the Center for Latin American Studies. He directed the Harvard Chiapas Project, which focused on the indigenous Tzotzil Maya of the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Vogt died 13 May 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Published works

Vogt's publications include:
*1969 "Zinacantan: A Maya Community in the Highlands of Chiapas". Cambridge: The Belknap Press (of Harvard University Press).
*1976 "Tortillas for the Gods: A Symbolic Analysis of Zinacanteco Rituals". Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
*1994 "Fieldwork Among the Maya: Reflections on the Harvard Chiapas Project". Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

ee also

* Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House


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