National Lecture Program

AIA Lecturer: Barbara Voorhies

Affiliation: University of California

Barbara Voorhies is Research Professor and Professor Emerita with the University of California at Santa Barbara, and holds her degrees from Yale University (Ph.D.) and Tufts University.  Her areas of specialization are the prehistory of Mesoamerica (especially coastal habitats), cultural ecology, and the origins of agriculture.  She has conducted fieldwork at a number of sites in Mexico, and has published widely.

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