Andrew Scherer
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology:
Department of Anthropology
Phone: +1 401 863 7059
Andrew_Scherer@brown.edu
Biography
Andrew Scherer is an anthropological archaeologist and biological anthropologist with a geographic focus in Mesoamerica (Maya). He co-directs an interdisciplinary archaeological research project that is exploring Classic Maya polities along the Usumacinta River in Mexico. Scherer has conducted bioarchaeological research at Maya sites throughout Mexico and Guatemala, including Piedras Negras, Yaxha, and El Zotz. Scherer's research interests include mortuary archaeology, warfare and violence, political organization, diet and subsistence, bioarchaeology, and landscape archaeology.
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
Degrees
Texas A&M University (Ph.D., 2004); Hamline University (B.A., 1998)
Awards
Pre-Columbian Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2008-2009.
Distinguished Graduate Student Doctoral Research Award, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, 2005.
Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Anthropology, Summa Cum Laude, 1998.
Phi Beta Kappa, Member, 1998.
Affiliations
Society for American Archaeology
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Dental Anthropology Association
Paleopathology Association
Funded Research
Selected research awards:
National Science Foundation Senior Research Grant, Archaeology Program (BCS- 1115818), $42,721.00, 2011.
National Geographic Society/Waitt Grant Program, $11,030, 2009.
National Science Foundation Senior Research Grant, Archaeology Program (BCS-0715463), $147,484, 2007.
H. John Heinz III Charitable Trust Grants for Latin American Archeology, $9,970, 2006.
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (#05027), $9,120, 2005.
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, Physical Anthropology Program, (BCS-0234006), $1,920, 2003.
Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (Gr. 7014), $12,383, 2003.
