Kenneth Hirth

Kenneth Hirth is professor of anthropology at Penn State University and Senior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC. He has authored, edited, and coedited eighteen books on different aspects of Mesoamerican archaeology and economy, including The Aztec Economic World; Merchants, Markets and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World; and Housework: Craft Production and Domestic Economy in Ancient Mesoamerica. He is a recipient of the National Geographic Society’s Chairman’s Career Achievement Award in Archaeology and the Excellence in Lithic Studies Award from the Society of American Archaeology.