- Joyce Marcus
Joyce Marcus is a well known American
archaeologist , who has published extensively in the field of Latin American archaeological research. Her particular focus has been on thepre-Columbian cultures and civilizations ofMesoamerica , where much of her fieldwork has been concentrated on theMaya civilization and the cultures of southern-centralMexico in theValley of Oaxaca and surrounds. Marcus has also conducted and published research into the Andean civilizations of pre-ColumbianPeru .Marcus obtained her
Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard in 1974.As of|2007 Marcus is a professor in the Department of
Anthropology , College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at theUniversity of Michigan , Ann Arbor. She also holds the position of Curator of Latin American Archaeology, U-M Museum of Anthropology, and is the Elman R. Service Professor of Cultural Evolution.In 1997 she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Major publications
* Feinman, Gary M. and Joyce Marcus (editors) (1998) Archaic States. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
* Flannery, Kent V. and Joyce Marcus (editors) (1983) The Cloud People: Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations. Academic Press, New York.
* Flannery, Kent V. and Joyce Marcus (1994) Early Formative Pottery in the Valley of Oaxaca. Memoirs vol. 27. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
* Flannery, Kent V. and Joyce Marcus (2005) Excavations at San José Mogote 1: The Household Archaeology. Memoirs vol. 40. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
* Marcus, Joyce (1976) Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands: An Epigraphic Approach to Territorial Organization. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.
* Marcus, Joyce (1992) Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
* Marcus, Joyce (1998) Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figurine-Making, Divination, Death and the Ancestors. Memoirs vol. 33. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
* Marcus, Joyce and Kent V. Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How Urban Society Evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley. Thames and Hudson, New York.
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