Michael Edward Moseley (March 28, 1941 - July 8, 2024) was an American archaeologist and

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at the

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Early life

Moseley was born March 28, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio and died July 8, 2024, in Moquegua, Peru. Moseley received his

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in anthropology from the

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in 1963, and his

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and Ph.D. in anthropology from

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in 1965 and 1968, respectively. Moseley took part in excavation of a

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(

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) site in Ambrona,

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, under F. Clark Howell in 1963, a survey and excavation of Cauca Valley sites in Colombia as assistant director of the

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Second Colombian Expedition in 1964, and an excavation of preceramic and early agricultural sites in central

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from 1966 to 1967.

Career

Moseley served at Harvard as instructor and lecturer from 1968 to 1970 and as assistant and associate

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from 1970 to 1976. He served at the

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at Harvard as assistant

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from 1969 to 1973 and as associate curator from 1973 and 1975. He was co-director with Carol J. Mackey of the

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Project in Peru, a survey and excavation of urban and pre-urban sites in the Moche Valley, from 1969 to 1975, and was advisor to the Instituto Nacional de Arqueologia in reconnaissance of

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and related sites in the north highlands of

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in 1976 and 1978–1979. He was project director of survey, mapping, and excavation of pre-Hispanic irrigation systems in northern Peru from 1976 to 1980. Moseley was a research associate at the

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from 1980 to 1984 and was curator at the

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from 1976 to 1984. Moseley became a professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1984. He was project director of survey and excavations of historic sites in

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from 1989 to 1992 and senior scientist for Programa Contisuyo, exploration of archaeological sites in the

Department of Moquegua Moquegua () is a department and region in southern Peru that extends from the coast to the highlands. Its capital is the city of Moquegua, which is among the main Peruvian cities for its high rates of GDP and national education. Geography The ...

in southern Peru, from 1980 to 2024. Moseley has served on the

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s of the

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''Geoarchaeology'' (1986–1993), ''Latin American Archaeology'' (1991–1995) and ''Review of Archaeology'' (1987–present). He has been a member of the

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since 2000 and is a fellow of the

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and the

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.Newly Elected Members, April 2013
/ref> He was Dumbarton Oaks Senior Fellow in Pre-Columbian Studies from 1983 to 1985 and was a

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during 1988–1989. Moseley was also a research associate of the Carnegie Museum.

References

External links

Official website
from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moseley, Michael Edward American anthropologists University of Florida faculty 2024 deaths Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Harvard University alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science University of California, Berkeley alumni 1941 births American archaeologists