Michael D. Coe
Michael Douglas Coe (born May 14, 1929 in New York , † September 25, 2019 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American anthropologist and American scholar .
Career
Coe received his PhD from Harvard University in 1959 . Immediately after graduating, Coe worked eight months as a senior officer for the CIA in Southeast Asia as a member of Western Enterprises , a front organization in Taiwan , to destabilize China under Mao Zedong .
Coe was Professor of Anthropology at Yale University and from 1968 to 1994 curator of the anthropological collection of the Peabody Museum of Natural History . He was a recognized expert on the archeology of Central America and the northeastern United States . One of his special research interests was the study of Maya writing .
In 1986 Coe was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
Publications (selection)
- Breaking the Maya Code (1992)
- The Maya (1966)
- America's First Civilization: Discovering the Olmec (1968)
- The True History of Chocolate (1996)
- Deciphering the Maya Script: What We Know and What We Don't Know
- More Than a Drink: Chocolate in the Pre-Columbian World
- Final report. An Archaeologist Excavates His Past , 2006 (autobiography)
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael D. Coe in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Weiner : CIA: The Whole Story . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-10-091070-7 , p. 97
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coe, Michael D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coe, Michael Douglas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anthropologist and American scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2019 |