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[[File:Sabloff 2011.jpg|thumb|Jerry Sabloff]]'''Jeremy "Jerry" Arac Sabloff''' (born 1944) is an American anthropologist and president of the [[Santa Fe Institute]]<ref>[http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Jeremy%20(Jerry)%20A.%20Sabloff Santa Fe Institute profile]</ref> in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sabloff is an expert on ancient [[Maya civilization]] and pre-industrial urbanism.<ref>Jeremy Sabloff, The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya, a Scientific American Library Book, W.H. Freeman, 1990 [http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_new_archaeology_and_the_ancient_maya_a01.html]</ref><ref>Jeremy Sabloff, The Cities of Ancient Mexico, rev. ed, Thames and Hudson, 1997 [http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_cities_of_ancient_mexico.html]</ref><ref>Joyce Marcus and Jeremy Sabloff, eds., The Ancient City, School for Advanced Research, 2008 [http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_ancient_city_a07.html]</ref> His academic interests have included settlement pattern studies, archaeological theory and method, the history of archaeology,<ref>Bibliographic Essay, America’s National Monuments: The Politics of Preservation, U.S. National Park Service [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/rothman/bibliography.htm]</ref> the relevance of archaeology in the modern world,<ref>[http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Meetings/2011%20program/1-10.pdf Society for American Archaeology 2011 Awards for Excellence]</ref> [[Complexity science|complexity theory]], and transdisciplinary science.<ref>University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Frontiers article [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/SASFrontiers/sabloff.html]</ref>
[[File:Sabloff 2011.jpg|thumb|Jerry Sabloff]]'''Jeremy "Jerry" Arac Sabloff''' (born 1944) is an American anthropologist and president of the [[Santa Fe Institute]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Jeremy%20(Jerry)%20A.%20Sabloff |title=Jeremy Sabloff's profile/bio |publisher=Santa Fe Institute |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref> in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sabloff is an expert on ancient [[Maya civilization]] and pre-industrial urbanism.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jeremy |last=Sabloff |title=The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya |publisher=Scientific American Library, W. H. Freeman |year=1994 |url=http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_new_archaeology_and_the_ancient_maya_a01.html |accessdate=2013-04-14 |isbn=978-0716760078}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Jeremy |last=Sabloff |title=The Cities of Ancient Mexico |edition=Revised |publisher=Thames and Hudson |year=1997 |url=http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_cities_of_ancient_mexico.html |accessdate=2013-04-14 |isbn=978-0500279298}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Joyce |editor1-last=Marcus |editor2-first=Jeremy A. |editor2-last=Sabloff |title=The Ancient City: New Perspectives on Urbanism in the Old and New Worlds |publisher=School for Advanced Research Press |year=2008 |url=http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_ancient_city_a07.html |accessdate=2013-04-14 |isbn=978-1934691021}}</ref> His academic interests have included settlement pattern studies, archaeological theory and method, the history of archaeology,<ref>{{cite web |title=America's National Monuments: The Politics of Preservation: Bibliographic Essay |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/rothman/bibliography.htm |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref> the relevance of archaeology in the modern world,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Meetings/2011%20program/1-10.pdf |title=Program of the 76th Annual Meeting |publisher=Society for American Archaeology |format=pdf |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref> [[complexity science|complexity theory]], and trans-disciplinary science.<ref name=SASFrontiers>{{cite web |url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/series/frontiers/archaeology-matters |first=Priya |last=Ratneshwar |title=Archaeology Matters |publisher=University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences |work=SASFrontiers |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref>


Sabloff received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in 1969 from Harvard,<ref>[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html Biography of Sabloff]</ref> where his doctoral supervisor was archaeologist [[Gordon Willey]].<ref>Jeremy Sabloff and William Fash, eds., Gordon R. Willey and American Archaeology, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 [http://isbndb.com/d/book/gordon_r_willey_and_american_archeology.html]</ref><ref>Jeremy Sabloff, Obituary of Gordon Randolph Willey, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 148, No. 3, September 2004 [http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/480314.pdf]</ref>
Sabloff received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in 1969 from Harvard,<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html |title=Biography of Jeremy Sabloff |publisher=[[Minnesota State University, Mankato]]}}{{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref> where his doctoral supervisor was archaeologist [[Gordon Willey]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=William |editor1-last=Fash |editor2-first=Jeremy |editor2-last=Sabloff |title=Gordon R. Willey and American Archaeology |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=2007 |url=http://isbndb.com/d/book/gordon_r_willey_and_american_archeology.html |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Jeremy |last=Sabloff |title=Obituary of Gordon Randolph Willey |journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |volume=148 |issue=3 |month=September |year=2004 |url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/480314.pdf |pages=406–410 |accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref>


Prior to coming to the Santa Fe Institute, Sabloff was at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, as well as the Williams Director of the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum]] (1994-2004) and interim director of the museum (2006-2007).<ref>University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Frontiers article [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/SASFrontiers/sabloff.html]</ref> 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).<ref>[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html Biography of Jeremy Sabloff]</ref>
Prior to coming to the Santa Fe Institute, Sabloff was at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, as well as the Williams Director of the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum]] (1994–2004) and interim director of the museum (2006–2007).<ref name=SASFrontiers /></ref> 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).<ref name=biography />


Sabloff is an outspoken proponent of science communication.<ref>National Academy of Sciences Online, audio interview with Jeremy Sabloff, 2009 [http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=interviews_Jeremy_Sabloff]</ref> In 2010 he delivered the distinguished lecture at the [[American Anthropological Association|American Anthropological Association’s]] annual meeting, encouraging anthropologists to make their work accessible to their relevant publics and cultivate a new generation of scientist-communicators.<ref>[http://www.vimeo.com/17850878 Jeremy A. Sabloff, 2010, distinguished lecture at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting]</ref>
Sabloff is an outspoken proponent of science communication.<ref>National Academy of Sciences Online, [http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=interviews_Jeremy_Sabloff audio interview with Jeremy Sabloff], 2009</ref> In 2010 he delivered the distinguished lecture at the [[American Anthropological Association|American Anthropological Association’s]] annual meeting, encouraging anthropologists to make their work accessible to their relevant publics and cultivate a new generation of scientist-communicators.<ref>[http://www.vimeo.com/17850878 Jeremy A. Sabloff, 2010, distinguished lecture at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting]</ref>


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''<ref>[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html Biography of Jeremy Sabloff]</ref>
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''.<ref name=biography />


He has served as chair of the Smithsonian Science Commission (2001-2003)<ref>[http://www.si.edu/sciencecommission/contact_us.htm Smithsonian Science Commission Contacts]</ref> and currently chairs the visiting committee for the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Natural History, the Board of Trustees of the SRI Foundation,<ref>[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html Biography of Jeremy Sabloff]</ref> the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Philosophical Society]], and is a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. He is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref>[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/sabloff_jeremy.html Biography of Jeremy Sabloff]</ref>
He has served as chair of the Smithsonian Science Commission (2001–2003)<ref>[http://www.si.edu/sciencecommission/contact_us.htm Smithsonian Science Commission Contacts]</ref> and currently chairs the visiting committee for the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Natural History, the Board of Trustees of the SRI Foundation,<ref name=biography /> the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Philosophical Society]], and is a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. He is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref name=biography />


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).<ref>University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Frontiers article [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/SASFrontiers/sabloff.html]</ref> 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 anthropologist Joyce Marcus) ''The Ancient City'' (2008).
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).<ref name=SASFrontiers /> 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 anthropologist Joyce Marcus) ''The Ancient City'' (2008).


Sabloff resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is married to anthropologist Paula Sabloff, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
Sabloff resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is married to anthropologist Paula Sabloff, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}


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Jerry Sabloff

Jeremy "Jerry" Arac Sabloff (born 1944) is an American anthropologist and president of the Santa Fe Institute[1] in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sabloff is an expert on ancient Maya civilization and pre-industrial urbanism.[2][3][4] His academic interests have included settlement pattern studies, archaeological theory and method, the history of archaeology,[5] the relevance of archaeology in the modern world,[6] complexity theory, and trans-disciplinary science.[7]

Sabloff received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in 1969 from Harvard,[8] where his doctoral supervisor was archaeologist Gordon Willey.[9][10]

Prior to coming to the Santa Fe Institute, Sabloff was at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, as well as the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum (1994–2004) and interim director of the museum (2006–2007).[7]</ref> 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).[8]

Sabloff is an outspoken proponent of science communication.[11] In 2010 he delivered the distinguished lecture at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting, encouraging anthropologists to make their work accessible to their relevant publics and cultivate a new generation of scientist-communicators.[12]

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.[8]

He has served as chair of the Smithsonian Science Commission (2001–2003)[13] and currently chairs the visiting committee for the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Natural History, the Board of Trustees of the SRI Foundation,[8] the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[8]

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).[7] 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 anthropologist Joyce Marcus) The Ancient City (2008).

Sabloff resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is married to anthropologist Paula Sabloff, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Jeremy Sabloff's profile/bio". Santa Fe Institute. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  2. ^ Sabloff, Jeremy (1994). The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya. Scientific American Library, W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0716760078. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  3. ^ Sabloff, Jeremy (1997). The Cities of Ancient Mexico (Revised ed.). Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0500279298. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  4. ^ Marcus, Joyce; Sabloff, Jeremy A., eds. (2008). The Ancient City: New Perspectives on Urbanism in the Old and New Worlds. School for Advanced Research Press. ISBN 978-1934691021. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. ^ "America's National Monuments: The Politics of Preservation: Bibliographic Essay". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  6. ^ "Program of the 76th Annual Meeting" (pdf). Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  7. ^ a b c Ratneshwar, Priya. "Archaeology Matters". SASFrontiers. University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Biography of Jeremy Sabloff". Minnesota State University, Mankato.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ Fash, William; Sabloff, Jeremy, eds. (2007). Gordon R. Willey and American Archaeology. University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  10. ^ Sabloff, Jeremy (2004). "Obituary of Gordon Randolph Willey" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 148 (3): 406–410. Retrieved 2013-04-14. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  11. ^ National Academy of Sciences Online, audio interview with Jeremy Sabloff, 2009
  12. ^ Jeremy A. Sabloff, 2010, distinguished lecture at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting
  13. ^ Smithsonian Science Commission Contacts

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