Andrew Scherer
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology:
Department of Anthropology
Phone: +1 401 863 7059
Andrew_Scherer@brown.edu
Texas A&M University (Ph.D., 2004); Hamline University (B.A., 1998)
Brown University Research Profile Page for Andrew Scherer
Interests
Andrew Scherer is an anthropological archaeologist and biological anthropologist with a geographic focus in Mesoamerica (Maya). He co-directs a multi-national, interdisciplinary research project that is exploring Classic Maya polities along the Usumacinta River in Guatemala and Mexico. Scherer's research interests include bioarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, warfare and violence, political organization, diet and subsistence, and landscape archaeology