Richard A. Diehl. Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

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1 page 1 Up-dated February 23, 2010 CURRICULUM VITAE Richard A. Diehl Personal Born: Address: December 27, 1940 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Box , Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Telephone office: , home rdiehl@as.ua.edu Education B.A. M.A. PH.D. Present Position Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA History. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Anthropology. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Anthropology. Dissertation topic: An Evaluation of Cultural Evolution in the Formative Period of Mesoamerican Prehistory. Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Awards and Grants Fellowship for research in Mexico, Organization of American States Faculty Research Council Grants, University of Missouri , 1970, 1974, 1977, 1981, National Science Foundation Grant, GS National Science Foundation Grant, GS National Science Foundation Grant, BNS National Science Foundation Grant, BNS Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, Summer Fellowship, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Precolumbian Studies, Washington, D.C., University of Alabama Research Grants Council Summer Grant, National Geographic Society Grant for Archaeological Investigations at La Mojarra, Veracruz, Mexico, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc Foreign Languages Spanish: fluency in reading, writing, speaking and comprehension

2 page 2 Professional Experience Teaching and Administration: Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor, California State College, California, PA, Instructor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Director of Graduate Studies and Department Vice-Chairman, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Chairman, Department of Anthropology, The University of Alabama, Acting Director of Pre-Columbian Studies and Acting Curator of the Pre- Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, 07/93-06/94 Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Alabama, Acting Director of the School of Music, The University of Alabama, 06/97-08/98 Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 08/ Executive Director, University of Alabama Museums Anthropological Field Research Participant, Pennsylvania State University Field School in Archaeology in Mexico, June-September Field Assistant, Teotihuacan Valley Archaeological Project, Mexico, June- September 1962; June-December Assistant Field Director, Teotihuacan Valley Archaeological Project, June- September Field Archaeologist - William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June- September Field Director, Yale University Rio Chiquito Archaeological Project, Mexico, January September 1966; January-June Co-Director, California State College Archaeological Field School, California, Pennsylvania, June-September Field Crew Chief, Kaminaljuyu Archaeological Project, Guatemala, June- September Director, Tula Archaeological Project, Mexico, Field Crew Chief, Basin of Mexico Survey, Mexico, June-August Field Crew Chief, University of New Mexico Tuxtlas Archaeological Project, Veracruz, Mexico, June-August, 1982 and Director, University of Alabama La Mojarra Archaeological Project, Veracruz, Mexico, Museum Related Activities

3 page 3 Chairman, Anthropology Department Museum Committee, University of Missouri, , Consultant for the section on La Venta in the exhibition Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acting Curator of the Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, 7/93-6/94 Member, Organizing Committee and co-curator for the Exhibition Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C Curator, Mesoamerican Archaeology, University of Alabama Museums present Director, Alabama Museum of Natural History Executive Director, University of Alabama Museums Selected Committees and Task Forces served on at The University of Alabama Other Faculty Senate Faculty Senate Steering Committee Provost's Committee on University Plans. Member and head University Core Curriculum Oversight Review Committee-member and head of Social Science sub-committee University Research Advisory Committee University Resources and Priorities Committee University Committee on International Programs University Committee on Waste Reduction and Recycling University Curation Committee University Planning Council Center for Land Information and Mapping Advisory Committee University Council on Teacher Education Arts and Sciences Latin American Studies Program Steering Committee Arts and Sciences Institute for Social Science Research Steering Committee Arts and Sciences Committee on Instruction Arts and Sciences Special English Department Leadership Review Committee Arts and Sciences African-American Studies Committee Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences Chairperson Search Committee Angus Cooper Cuba Initiative Committee Member, Board of Directors. Alabama Humanities Foundation, Member, Archaeometry Advisory Committee, University of Missouri Nuclear Research Reactor, Member, Board of Advisors, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., 1993-present. Member, Editorial Board, Ancient Mesoamerica, 1990-present. Member, Editorial Board, Tierra y Agua, journal published by the Instituto Cultural de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico 1991-present Participant, Fund Raising Workshop, (two days) sponsored by the Indiana

4 page 4 University Center on Philanthropy at the National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting, 1997 Member, United States National Committee, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Paper Publications Books and monographs "The Teotihuacan Valley Project Final Report, Natural Environment, Contemporary Population and 16th Century Population of the Valley," Occasional Papers in Anthropology, No. 3,.Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, with William T. Sanders, Anton Kovar, and Thomas Charlton "Studies of Ancient Tollan." University of Missouri Monographs in Anthropology No. 1 (Editor of volume and author of three chapters.) "Political Evolution and the Formative Period of Mesoamerica." Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 8, pp. 1-92, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University In the Land of the Olmec. 2 vols. University of Texas Press. Co-authored with Michael D. Coe Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London Mesoamerica after the Decline of Teotihuacan: A.D Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, Washington, DC. Co-edited with Janet Catherine Berlo The Olmecs: America s First Civilization. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London. Articles, review articles, and book chapters "Olmec Civilization, Veracruz, Mexico: Dating of the San Lorenzo Phase," Science, Vol. 155, No. 3768, pp With Michael D. Coe and Mintz Stuiver "A Site Designation System for Latin America," American Antiquity, Vol. 35, No. 4, p "Contemporary settlement and social organization," Teotihuacan, XI Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología. Mexico. 1974a- "Time and Water: Two Major Variables in Mesoamerican Prehistory." Reviews in Anthropology. Vol. 1, No. 1, pp

5 page b- "Relaciones entre la Huasteca y Tollan," in Proyecto Tula: Primara Parte, edited by Eduardo Matos M., Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Colección Científica No. 14, pp Mexico. Co-authored with Lawrence H. Feldman. 1974c- "Toltec Trade with Central America." Archaeology, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp Co-authored with Jack T. Wynn and Roger Lomas "Tollan, the Toltec Capital." Archaeology, Vol. 28, Number 2, pp Co-authored with Robert A. Benfer. 1976a- "Pre-hispanic relationships between the Basin of Mexico and north and west Mexico." In The Valley Mexico: Studies in Pre-hispanic Ecology and Society, edited by Eric Wolf, pp University of New Mexico Press. 1976b- "No man has ever been an island: new looks at ancient trade." Reviews in Anthropology. Vol. 3, Number 4, pp "Tecali vessel manufacturing at Tollan, Mexico." American Antiquity, Vol. 43, Number 1, pp Coauthored with Edward G. Stroh, Jr "The Kaminaljuyu Test Trenches: Description and Artifact Inventory." In Settlement Pattern Excavations at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala, edited by Joseph Michels, pp Coauthored with James Fitting. 1980a- "A measure of settlement pattern change and stability." American Antiquity, Vol. 45, Number 2, pp Co-authored with Michael C. Robbins. 1980b- "Tula and the Toltecs." In Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations, pp , edited by Arthur Cotterel. Rainbird Publishing Ltd., London. 1980c- "The UMC Tula Archaeological Project." Mexikon, Vol. 1, Number 6, p a- "Olmec Architecture: A Comparison of San Lorenzo and La Venta." In The Olmec and Their Neighbors: Essays in Honor of Matthew W. Stirling, edited by Elizabeth P. Benson, pp Dumbarton Oaks Research Library Collections, Washington, D.C. 1981b- "Tula, Hidalgo." Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians: Archaeology, edited by Jeremy Sabloff, pp , University of Texas Press "Current Directions and Perspectives in Mesoamerican Cognitive Archaeology." Latin American Research Review, Vol. 19, Number 2:

6 page "Daily Life of the Aztecs: Catalog of the Allan Heflin Collection." Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia. 1987a- "Tula and wheeled animal effigies in Mesoamerica, Antiquity 61: Co-authored with Margaret Mandeville. 1987b- "Olmec Religion. In The Encyclopedia of Religion Vol. 11: edited by Mircea Eliade, Macmillan Inc., New York. 1989a- "Introduction": co-authored with Janet Catherine Berlo. In Mesoamerica after the Decline of Teotihuacan: A.D Richard A. Diehl and Janet Catherine Berlo, Eds. Pp Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 1989b- "A Shadow of its Former Self: Teotihuacan during the Coyotlatelco Period". In Mesoamerica After the Decline of Teotihuacan: A.D Richard A. Diehl and Janet Catherine Berlo, eds. Pp Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 1989c- "Olmec archaeology: What we know and what we wish we knew," in Regional Perspectives on the Olmec. Robert J. Sharer and David C. Grove, Eds. Pp A School of American Research Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 1989d- "La Religión Olmeca: una interpretación preliminar". La Palabra y el Hombre: Revista de la Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico). #68, Octubre- Diciembre Pp Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 1989e- "The Physical Setting", in Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Surveys. Dan M. Healan, Ed. Pp. 7-13, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 1989f- "Previous Investigations at Tula", In Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Surveys. Dan M. Healan, ed. Pp g- "Overview of the University of Missouri Tula Archaeological Project", In Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Surveys. Dan M. Healan, ed. Pp , 1989h- "Synthesis and Conclusions", in Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Surveys. Co-authored with Dan M. Healan and Robert H. Cobean. Dan M. Healan, ed. Pp , 1990a- "Arqueología Olmeca: Lo que Sabemos y lo que Quisiéramos Saber" La Palabra y el Hombre: Revista de la Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico) #73. Enero-Marzo Pp Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Translation of 1989c. 1990b- "The Olmec at La Venta," In Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries. Pp , The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Bulfinch Press, Boston.

7 page a- "The Toltec Horizon: Old Debates and New Perspectives." In Latin American Horizons, Don Rice, ed. Pp , Dumbarton Oaks Research Collections, Washington, DC. 1993b- "La presencia olmeca en Mesoamérica durante el Formativo; una evaluación personal," In Perspectivas Antropologicas en el Mundo Maya. María Josefa Iglesias Ponce de Leon and Francesc Ligorred Perramon, eds. pp , Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas, Madrid "Olmec Archaeology" in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership. The Art Museum, Princeton University and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. pp 11-25, coauthored with Michael D. Coe. 1996a- "Travels with Batman: Teotihuacan, 1961" in Arqueología Mesoamericana: Homenage a William T. Sanders. Alba Guadalupe Mastache, Jeffrey R. Parsons, Robert S. Santley and Mari Carmen Serra Puche, eds. pp , Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. 1996b- "Introduction" In Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, Elizabeth P. Benson and Beatriz de la Fuente, eds., Pp , The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. 1996c- "The Olmec World" In Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, Elizabeth P. Benson and Beatriz de la Fuente, eds., pp , The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. 1996d- "Chichén Itzá" (p. 133), "San Lorenzo" (p. 622), "The Toltec Empire" (pp ), and "Tula" (pp ) in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, ed. by Brian Fagan, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 1997a- "Proyecto Arqueológico La Mojarra" in Memoria del Coloquio Arqueología del Centro y Sur de Veracruz, Sara Ladrón de Guevara González and Sergio Vásquez Zárate, eds., pp , coauthored with Alfredo Vargas González and Sergio Vásquez Zárate. 2000a- "Gulf Coast Cultures: 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1521," in The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, R.E.W. Adams and Murdo McLeod, eds., pp Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 2000b- "Olmec Archaeology after Regional Perspectives: Recent research on Mesoamerica s Mother Culture," in Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica: Developments in Formative Period Complexity. Ed. By John E. Clark and Mary Pie, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 2000c- Americanists in Warsaw, in Anthropology News Vol 41, # 8, page 18. American Anthropological Association.

8 page a- La Mojarra in The Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, Susan Toby Evans and David Webster, eds. Garland Publishing Co. World, 2001b- Were the Olmecs Africans? in The Seventy Mysteries of the Ancient Brian Fagan, editor. Pp , Thames and Hudson Ltd., London Patterns of Cultural Primacy, Science Vol 307, # 5712, pp Historical Currents in Classic Veracruz Research (co-authored with Phillip J. Arnold III and Christopher Pool) in Cultural Currents in Classic Veracruz, edited by P. J. Arnold III and C. Pool, pages 23-54, Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Collections and Library, Washington, DC. 2006a- Methodological Issues in the Provenance Investigations of Early Formative Mesoamerican Ceramics, Latin American Antiquity, 17 (1), (co-authored with twelve additional authors). 2006c- Oldest Writing in the New World, Science Vol. 113, , (Coauthored with six co-authors) 2006b- Smokescreens in the Provenance Investigations of Early Formative Mesoamerican Ceramics, Latin American Antiquity, 17 (1), (co-authored with twelve other authors) Response to letter by Karen O. Bruns and Nancy L. Kelker in Science Vol. 315, Realidades nuevas, ciudades nuevas: consideraciones defensivas en la urbanización en el Centro de México durante el periodo Epiclásico, in Nuevas Ciudades, Nuevas Patrias: Fundación y Relocalización de Ciudades en Mesoamérica y el Mediterráneo Antiguo, edited by María Josefa Iglesias Ponce de León, Rogelio Valencia Rivera, and Andrés Ciudad Ruíz, pages , Sociedad Española de Estudios Maya, Madrid, Spain Petrographic Analyses of Early Formative Olmec Pottery, Mexicon XXXI (3), 69-72, Markt Schwaben, Germany (co-authored with five additional authors) Paula Holmberg Krotser y George Raymond Krotser: una Semblanza Amistosa, in Excavando en Silencio: los Arqueólogos de Ayer, edited by Lourdes Budar, Sara Ladrón de Guevara, and Roberto Lunagómez, Pp , Universidad de Veracruz, Xalapa, México. In press a- El Legajo de Lupe: El Tula de Ayer y el Tula de Hoy to be published in a book by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e

9 page 9 Historia, Mexico. In press b- De cómo los reyes olmecas obtenían sus cabezas colosales, to be published in a book edited by Dr. Eduardo Williams, Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, México. In press c- The Olmec Legacy in Mesoamerica to be published in the catalogue of a special exhibition of Olmec stone sculoture at the San Francisco DeYoung Museum of Fine Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September, 2010 Submitted - Making a Difference: Private Donors and Mesoamerican Archaeology in Essays in Honor of Lewis Ranieri, edited by Sandra Noble, under consideration by the University of Pennsylvania Press. In Preparation- Scholarly book of coffee-table style on the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan Book reviews Review of: A Comparison of Formative Cultures in the Americas by James A. Ford. American Anthropologist, Vol. 73, No a -Review of: Tepexi el Viejo: a Fortified Post Classic Site in the Mixteca- Puebla Region of Mexico by Shirley Gorenstein. American Anthropologist, Vol 77, Number Review of: Urbanization of Teotihuacan, Mexico by Rene Millon, Bruce Dewitt and George Cowgill. American Antiquity, Vol 41, Number Review of: Historia Prehispanica de la Huasteca by Lorenzo Ochoa. Hispanic American Historical Review, August 1981, pp "Life as an Archaeologist", Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly 2:4, p Review of: Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns by David Freidel and Jeremy Sabloff. American Antiquity, Vol. 52, Number 1, p "Discovering the Past: An Autobiography by Mary Leakey", Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 3:1, pp. 6-7, "Like a Fine Wine: Margaret A. Murray, Centenarian", Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 3:3, pp Earl Morris and Southwestern Archaeology" Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 3:4, pp "James B. Griffin: Mr. Eastern US Archaeology, Missouri Archaeological Quarterly, 4:3, 6-7, pp

10 page Richard Wetherill: Trader, Adventurer, and Archaeologist", Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 4:4, pp.1-11, Review of: Ancient Chalcatzingo, ed. by David C. Grove. Ethnohistory Vol. 37, #1, pp Review of Twin City Tales: A Hermeneutical Reassessment of Tula and Chichén Itzá. Latin American Antiquity Vol 8, #2, pp Review of Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past. ed. By Richard F. Townsend. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 5, # 4, page Review of Mexico s Indigenous Past, Alfredo López Austin and Leonardo López Luján Antiquity, Vol. 77, # 295, page Review of Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks: Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks, Volume 2, By Karl A. Taube. In Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 61, # 1, Review of Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World, by Amber VanDerwarker, in Agricultural History, Vol. 82, # 2, spring 2008, p Web Publications on the World Wide Web (Note: While none of these are refereed in the normal sense of the term, all have been reviewed and critiqued by at least two appropriate scholars prior to posting. 2008a- Review of Xibalbá Gate by Rob Swigart, in About.Com: Archaeology, b- A Walking Tour of Teotihuacan, Mexico in About.Com: Archaeology, Death Gods, Smiling Faces and Colossal Heads: the Archaeology of Mexico s Gulf Lowlands, a collection of heavily illustrated essays about every facet of the subject. The first installment of this long-term project is scheduled to be posted on the FAMSI (Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.) web site, the largest, most popular, and most rigorous web site in the discipline on March 1, 2010 Participation in Internationally-viewed television programs 1999 Secrets of the Ancients. BBC/NOVA series 2007 Mega-Movers: Show 117 Ancient Mystery Moves, History Channel 2008 Digging for the Truth: Kings of the Stone Age History Channel Guest lectures and invited participation in seminars, symposia, etc. (a partial list)

11 page participant. School of American Research Advanced Seminar on the Valley of Mexico traveling guest lecturer. Archaeological Institute of America traveling guest lecturer. Archaeological Institute of America, spring and fall participant. Simposium on Recent Research on the Mesoamerican Early Postclassic, Forty-second International Congress of Americanists, Manchester, England participant. School of American Research Advanced Seminar on Olmec Culture: Processes and Implications of Olmec Diffusion organizer. Simposium entitled Cultural Adjustments in Mesoamerica after the Decline of Teotihuacan. Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Denver, CO Plenary Session speaker. Simposium entitled Primero Encuentro, Balance y Perspectivas en la Antropología de Veracruz." Xalapa, Mexico Invited guest speaker. Simposium on Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Mexico held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. 1991a Invited guest speaker. Tercera Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas. Gerona, Spain 1991b Invited guest speaker. Coloquio sobre la Trascendencia del Primer Viaje de Cristóbal Colon held at the Centro Cultural de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico Invited presenter. Congreso International de Antropología e Historia, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico Invited guest lecturer. Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, Washington, DC 1995a- Invited featured lecturer. Simposio sobre la Estela de la Mojarra. Museo de Antropología, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 1995b. Invited speaker. Princeton Simposium on the Olmec, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 1996a. Invited lecturer. Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC. 1996b. Featured speaker, National Gallery of Arts Press luncheon held at the United Nations, NY.

12 page c. Invited lecturer. Smithsonian Institution Associate Program, Washington, DC. 1996d. Invited Lecturer. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 1996e. Invited Lecturer. Department of Fine Arts, Brandeis University Organizer, FAMSI Planning Conference on Future Directions in the Archaeology of Mexico s South Gulf Coast, Birmingham, AL Invited Lecturer. University of Texas Maya Symposium, Austin, TX Invited Lecturer. University of Texas Maya Symposium, Austin, TX Organizer, Panel discussion on Communicating Quaternary Science to the Public, 16 th INQUA Congress, Reno Nevada Co-Organizer. Classic Veracruz: Cultural Currents in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands, Fall Pre-Columbian Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC. 2005a. Moderator. Mesa Redonda Olmeca, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2-8, b. Invited Speaker at the VII Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas in Pamplona, Spain September 5-8, c. Invited Speaker at Homenaje al Dra. Guadalupe Mastache, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico, September 30-October 4, Invited speaker at the Colegio de Michoacán Annual Symposium in Archaeology, Zamora, Michoacán, México. 2007a- Invited speaker at a symposium sponsored by the Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas, Pamplona, Spain. 2007b- Invited speaker in a Plenary Session on The Olmecs and Cultural Evolution at the Fifty-second International Congress of Americanists, Sevilla, Spain 2009 Invited Discussant at the Dumbarton Oaks Symposium on Early Formative Mesoamerican Ceramics, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC. Courses Taught at the University of Alabama Introductory level Introduction to Archaeology Great Discoveries in Archaeology Intermediate level lectures courses Mexican prehistory Maya prehistory

13 page 13 South American prehistory Survey of the History of Archaeology Peoples of Latin America: the Anthropology of Amazonia* *course organized and taught twice since my official retirement form the University Seminars Various on Mesoamerican archaeology, settlement pattern analysis, and the origins of complex societies.