ANN CYPHERS
PhD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City
MS, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
BA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Address: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior C.U., Delegación
Coyoacán, México, D.F. 04510, México
Email: cyphers@servidor.unam.mx
Ann Cyphers is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
She specializes in Formative period archaeology of Mesoamerica, with particular interest in the central Mexican highlands and Gulf coast regions. Her research has concentrated on ceramic classification and chronologies, figurine analyses, Olmec settlement pattern studies, iconographic and contextual analysis of monumental art, domestic spaces and heritage preservation. She has conducted fieldwork in the Midwest, as well as in the Mexican states of Morelos and Veracruz.
CURRENT RESEARCH
The San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Archaeological Project, 1990-present.
 Above and right, Excavation of domestic spaces. |
 Manual augering program. |
 Regional survey. |
 Excavation of in situ sculpture. |
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 Local interaction. |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
| 2004 | Escultura Olmeca de San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Coordinación de Humanidades, UNAM, Mexico City. |  |
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2002 | Asentamiento Prehispánico en San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán (With S. Symonds and R. Lunagómez). Vol. 2, Serie San Lorenzo. Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. |
| 1997 | Población, Subsistencia y Medio Ambiente en San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. A. Cyphers, ed. Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. |  |
Articles
| 2004 | “Costa del Golfo de México”. In Museo Nacional de Antropología, México, F. Solis, ed., pp. 237-255. Turner and DGE/Equilibrista, Mexico City. |
| 2004 | “Escultura monumental olmeca: Temas y contextos.” In Acercarse y mirar, Homenaje a Beatriz de la Fuente, M. T. Uriarte and L. Staines, eds., pp. 51-74. IIE-UNAM, Mexico City. |
| 2004 | “The Olmec”. In The Aztec Empire, F. Solis, ed., pp. 110-113. Guggenheim Museum, New York. |
| 2000 | “Geomorphology and ancient cultural landscapes of southern Veracruz.” With Mario Arturo Ortiz. In Mounds, Modoc and Mesoamerica, Papers in Honor of Melvin L. Fowler, S. Ahler, ed., pp.99-110. Illinois State Museum, Springfield. |
| 1999 | "From Stone to Symbols: Olmec Art in Social Context at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán." In Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica, D.C. Grove and R. A. Joyce, eds., pp.155-182. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. |
| 1996 | 1996 "Reconstructing Olmec Life at San Lorenzo." In Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, E. Benson and B. De la Fuente, eds., pp.61-72. National Gallery of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Washington, D.C. |
| 1994 | "An Olmec Feline Sculpture from El Azuzul, Southern Veracruz". With Fernando Botas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 138(2):273-283. Philadelphia. |
| 1994 | "Olmec Sculpture". National Geographic Research and Exploration 10(3):294-305. The National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. |
| 1993 | "Women, rituals and social dynamics in Ancient Chalcatzingo." Latin American Antiquity 4(3): 209-224. |
| 1987 | "Ceramics." In Ancient Chalcatzingo, D.C. Grove, ed., pp. 200-251. University of Texas Press, Austin. |
| 1987 | "Chronology and cultural phases." With D.C. Grove. In Ancient Chalcatzingo, D.C. Grove, ed., pp.56-62. University of Texas Press, Austin. |
AWARDS
Chairman's Award, Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, 1997.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998.
Alfonso Caso Award, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2003.