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Mar 14, 1929 New York City, New York, United States Died on 25 Sep 2019 (aged 90)
American Mesoamericanist
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About Michael D. Coe
- Michael Douglas Coe (May 14, 1929 – September 25, 2019) was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher and author.
- He is known for his research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya, and was among the foremost Mayanists of the late 20th century.
- He specialised in comparative studies of ancient tropical forest civilizations, such as those of Central America and Southeast Asia.
- He held the chair of Charles J.
- MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University, and was Curator Emeritus of the Anthropology collection in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, where he had been Curator from 1968 to 1994.Coe authored a number of popular works for the non-specialist audience, several of which were best-selling and much reprinted, such as The Maya (1966) and Breaking the Maya Code (1992).
- He also co-authored the book Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (1962, sixth edition, 2008) with Rex Koontz.
