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Jeremy "Jerry" Arac Sabloff (born 1944) is an American anthropologist and past president of the
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. Sabloff is an expert on ancient
Maya civilization The Maya civilization () was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writin ...
and pre-industrial urbanism. His academic interests have included settlement pattern studies, archaeological theory and method, the history of archaeology, the relevance of archaeology in the modern world, complexity theory, and trans-disciplinary science. Sabloff received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in 1969 from Harvard, where his doctoral supervisor was archaeologist
Gordon Willey Gordon Randolph Willey (7 March 1913 – 28 April 2002) was an American archaeologist who was described by colleagues as the "dean" of New World archaeology.Sabloff 2004, p.406 Willey performed fieldwork at excavations in South America, Central A ...
. He was the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Williams Director of the
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(1994–2004) and interim director of the museum (2006–2007). He also has taught at Harvard University, the University of Utah, the University of New Mexico (where he was chair of the Department of Anthropology), and the University of Pittsburgh (where he was chair of the Department of Anthropology). He retired as Santa Fe Institute president on July 31, 2015. Sabloff is an outspoken proponent of science communication. In 2010 he delivered the distinguished lecture at the
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's annual meeting, encouraging anthropologists to make their work accessible to their relevant publics and cultivate a new generation of scientist-communicators. Sabloff is past president of the Society for American Archaeology, a past anthropology section chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past editor of ''American Antiquity''. He has served as chair of the Smithsonian Science Commission (2001–2003). He is a member of the
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and the
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, and is a fellow of the
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. He also is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of ''Excavations at Seibal: Ceramics'' (1975), ''The Cities of Ancient Mexico'' (1989,1997), ''The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya'' (1990), and ''Archaeology Matters'' (2008). He is co-author of ''A History of American Archaeology'' (1974, 1980, 1993), ''A Reconnaissance of Cancuen, Peten, Guatemala'' (1978), ''Ancient Civilizations: The Near East and Mesoamerica'' (1979, 1995), ''Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns'' (1984), and ''The Ancient Maya City of Sayil'' (1991). He has edited or co-edited 12 books, the most recent of which is (with Paula L.W. Sabloff) ''New Perspectives on the Development of Complex Societies'' (2018). Sabloff resides in Pleasanton, CA. He is married to anthropologist Paula L.W. Sabloff.


Honors

* 2016 Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology, awarded by the
American Anthropological Association The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an American organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropo ...
; 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the Society for American Archaeology; 2014 Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal, awarded by the University of Pennsylvania Museum; 2011 Excellence in Latin American and Caribbean Archaeology Award, awarded by the Society for American Archaeology


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External links


National Academy of Science interview with Jeremy Sabloff

American Anthropological Association 2010 Distinguished Lecture

Archaeology Matters (2008)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabloff, Jerry American archaeologists American anthropologists 1944 births Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Harvard University alumni Santa Fe Institute people University of Pennsylvania faculty University of Pennsylvania alumni Harvard University faculty University of Utah faculty University of New Mexico faculty University of Pittsburgh faculty Members of the American Philosophical Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science