John Verano is a professor of

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1977 in anthropology. He then went on to the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the Californ ...

to receive his M.A. in 1980 and his Ph.D. in 1987. John Verano does field research in

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. One notable discovery was of a female warrior from the Moche culture. He has aided National Geographic in producing documentaries on the ritualistic sacrifices of the Moche people.Moche Human Sacrifice http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/82

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External links

Verano's Tulane web site
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