David C. Grove (October 17, 1935 – May 24, 2023) was an American
anthropologist
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,
archaeologist
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and academic, known for his contributions and research into the
Preclassic (or Formative) period cultures of
Mesoamerica
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, in particular those of the
Mexican ''altiplano'' and
Gulf Coast
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regions. A lecturer and professor at
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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(UIUC) for some thirty years, Grove retained a position as Professor
Emeritus
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In some c ...
of Anthropology at UIUC and was also designated a Courtesy Professor of Anthropology at the
University of Florida
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.
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faculty page University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
1935 births
2023 deaths
Olmec scholars
American Mesoamericanists
American archaeologists
Mesoamerican archaeologists
Mesoamerican anthropologists
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
20th-century Mesoamericanists
21st-century Mesoamericanists
University of Florida faculty
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