John Howland Rowe
Anthropologist, Award Winner
1918 – 2004
Who was John Howland Rowe?
John Howland Rowe was an American archaeologist and anthropologist known for his extensive research on Peru, especially on the Inca civilization.
Rowe studied classical archaeology at Brown University and anthropology at Harvard University. After graduating he traveled to Peru where he undertook archaeological research and taught until 1943. Between 1944 to 1946 he served as sergeant in the U.S. Combat Engineers in Europe. From 1946 to 1948 he studied the GuambĂa people in Colombia for the Smithsonian Institution, returning briefly to Harvard in 1946 to complete his doctorate in Latin American history and anthropology in 1947. In 1948 he started teaching at the University of California, Berkeley where he remained active until 1988. A prolific writer, Rowe authored more than 300 publications in English and Spanish between 1940 and 2005.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1918
Sorrento - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brown University
- PhD, Harvard University
Anthropology
(1946 - 1947) - Latin American History
- Lived in
- Berkeley
( - 2004/05/01)
- Berkeley
- Died
- May 1, 2004
Berkeley
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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