José R. Oliver is a
Puerto Rican/Catalan archaeologist who specialises in the archaeology of the Caribbean and northern South America. He is affiliated with the
Institute of Archaeology at
University College London in
Bloomsbury
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Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...
, central London, where he works as Reader in Latin American Archaeology.
Born in Barcelona and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oliver went on to study
anthropology in the United States, gaining his BA in the subject from
Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio in 1977. He subsequently went on to study at the
University of Illinois in Urabana-Champaign, gaining his MA in 1981 and then his PhD in 1989.
His most recent book, ''Caciques and Cemi Idols. The Web Spun by Taino Rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico'', was published in 2009.
[Oliver, José R. (2009). ''Caciques and Cemi Idols. The Web Spun by Taino Rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico''. University of Alabama Press.]
Oliver directs a research project in the
Dominican Republic entitled "The Macorix Archaeological Project".
It includes a formal field school to train university-level students in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology-UCL (London), the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Santo Domingo, D.R.) and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), based in California, USA.
References
External links
UCL Staff page on Oliver
Current archaeological field project:
IFR Global.orgArchaeological.org
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Academics of University College London
People associated with the UCL Institute of Archaeology
People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican archaeologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)