K. Anne Pyburn
apyburn@indiana.edu

Professor of Gender Studies and Anthropology

 

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Professor Pyburn's research centers on the ancient Maya, with secondary foci in archaeology and gender, archaeological ethics, and public archaeology. She joined the faculty at IU in 1996. Professor Pyburn is director of the Chau Hiix Project, funded by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University. She holds a government of Belize permit to excavate the remains of Chau Hiix, an ancient Mayan city, and directs an archaeological field school at the site. She also directs the MATRIX project, Making Archaeology Teaching Relevant in the 21st Century. This National Science Foundation project brings together 30 archaeologists to design a new set of teaching materials for undergraduate education in archaeology. Professor Pyburn is an elected member of the American Archaeological Association's Ethics Committee and the book review editor for Latin American Antiquity.