David Freidel (born 1946) is a U.S. archaeologist who studies the ancient

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...

. He is known for his research at El Perú-Waka’ and his books with epigrapher

Linda Schele Linda Schele (October 30, 1942 – April 18, 1998) was an American Mesoamerican archaeologist who was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played an invaluable role in the decipherment of much of the Maya hieroglyphs. Sh ...

. He is currently a professor at

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. He received his B.A. from

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with a senior honors thesis "Comparative analysis of the Mesolithic and prepottery Neolithic cultures of Palestine" and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976 for a thesis "Late postclassic settlement patterns on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico " He is the author of (partial bibliography): * Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. ''Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path.'' New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. ISBN (present in 684 WorldCat libraries ) ** Spanish translation: Freidel, David A., MacDuff Everton, Justin Kerr, Joy Parker, and Linda Schele. ''El cosmos maya: tres mil años por la senda de los chamanes''. México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000. * Freidel, David, and Barbara Macleod (2000). "Creation Redux: new thoughts on Maya cosmology from epigraphy, iconography, and archaeology". PARI Journal 1(2):1–8, 18. * Freidel, David A., and Marilyn A. Masson. ''Ancient Maya Political Economies''. Walnut Creek, Calif: AltaMira Press, 2002., ( present in 295 WorldCat libraries )https://www.worldcat.org/title/ancient-maya-political-economies/oclc/834258127&referer=brief_results WorldCat book entry * Freidel, David A., and Robin A. Robertson. ''Archaeology at Cerros, Belize, Central America.'' (3 v.) Dallas, Tex: Southern Methodist University Press, 1986. * Freidel, David A., Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. ''Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands''. University Press of Florida 2018. . * Freidel, David A., and Jeremy A. Sabloff. Cozumel: ''Late Maya Settlement Patterns''. Orlando: Academic, 1984. 9780122669804 *Freidel, David A. and Linda Schele. ''Forest of Kings – the Untold Story of the Ancient Maya''. HarperCollins 1992. 9780688112042

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