Randall H. McGuire is an American

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

, known for his theoretical contributions to

Marxist archaeology Marxist archaeology is an archaeological theory that interprets archaeological information using the framework of dialectical materialism, which is often short-handed as Marxism. Although neither Karl Marx nor Friedrich Engels specifically an ...

. He currently lectures in the Department of

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

. McGuire completed his doctoral work in Anthropology at the University of Arizona in 1982, with a thesis directed by

Michael Brian Schiffer Michael Brian Schiffer (born October 4, 1947, in Winnipeg, Canada) is an American archaeologist and one of the founders and pre-eminent exponents of behavioral archaeology. Schiffer's earliest ideas, set out in his 1976 book ''Behavioral Archeolog ...

entitled "The Prehistory of Southwestern Arizona: a Regional Research Design".

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Binghamton University pageAcademia.edu account

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McGuire, Randall H American archaeologists Binghamton University faculty American prehistorians American Marxist historians American male non-fiction writers Living people 1951 births