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Gary Urton
Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies
Department of Anthropology / Harvard University / Cambridge, MA
Degrees:
B.A. 1969 - University of New Mexico (History)
M.A. 1971 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Ancient History)
Ph.D. 1979 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Anthropology)
Teaching Experience:
Colgate University (1978 - 2002)
Harvard University (2002 - present)
Research & Teaching Interests:
Andean/South American cultural anthropology, archaeology and ethnohistory;
calendrics, cosmology, astronomy & art; myth and history; Inka record-keeping
and mathematics. Areas of major research interest: Andean nations (esp.,
Peru, Bolivia)
Selected Publications:
Books:
At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmology
(1981/1988)
The History of a Myth: Pacariqtambo and the Origin of the Inkas
(1990)
The Social Life of Numbers: A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy
of Arithmetic (1997)
Inca Myths. (2000).
Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String
Records (2003)
Edited Volumes:
Animal Myths and Metaphors in South America (1985)
Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy in the American Tropics (co-edited;
1982)
Structure, Knowledge, and Representation in the Andes (Zuidema
festschrift; 1996)
Narrative Threads: Explorations of Narrativity in Andean Knotted-String
Records (co-edited; 2002)
Numerous articles published in journals, including:
Baessler-Archiv, Anthropos, Ethnology, Journal of Latin
American Lore, Latin American Antiquity, Proceedings of
the American Philosophical Society; Encyclopedia of Religion,
Revista Andina, Allpanchis Phuturinqa.
Grants and Fellowships:
MacArthur Fellow (2001-05); National Science Foundation Grants (1981,
1982, 1993, 2002-04); National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
(1994; 2000); National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (1993);
Social Science Research Council Fellowship (1993); German Academic Exchange
Service Study Visit Grant (1993); National Geographic Society Grant (1981);
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Grants (1975, 1981,
1999); American Philosophical Society grant (2000); Organization of American
States Fellowship (1976); Research Fellowship in Latin American Studies,
Cornell University (1989); Picker Research Fellowship (1987).
Society Memberships and Service on Boards:
Election to Institute of Andean Research (1991) and Institute of Andean
Studies (2000);
Board of Senior Fellows in Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks (1994-1997)
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