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Robert Marquess Carmack (February 24, 1934 – October 20, 2023) was an American academic anthropologist and Mesoamericanist scholar who was most noted for his studies of the history, culture and societies of contemporary Maya peoples. In particular he conducted extensive research on the K'iche' (Quiché) Mayas of the Guatemalan Highlands in the context of the infiltration and migration of Nahuatl speaking peoples into the Maya cultural areas.
Robert M. Carmack | |
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Born | February 24, 1934 |
Died | October 20, 2023 89) | (aged
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California Los Angeles |
Scientific career | |
Fields | anthropology |
Institutions | State University of New York |
Carmack was an emeritus professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany who for the last few years worked as a senior Fulbright Scholar. Carmack wrmore several books on early Quiché-Mayan culture and linguistics, first and foremost the standard work on the K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj/Utatlán.
Born on February 24, 1934,[1] Carmack died on October 20, 2023, at the age of 89.[2]
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