Kenneth Hirth
Kenneth Hirth
Kenneth Hirth is professor of anthropology at Penn State University, associate faculty in anthropology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, and director of the El Cajón Project. He has authored, edited, or coedited twenty-six books on different aspects of Mesoamerican archaeology and economy, including The Organization of Ancient Economies, The Aztec Economic World, Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo, and Merchants, Markets and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World. He is a recipient of the National Geographic Society’s Chairman’s Career Achievement Award in Archaeology and the Society of American Archaeology’s Excellence in Lithic Studies Award.