Norman Hammond

Norman Hammond is a known and well respected archeologist. He has some specific research interests including exchange, the emergence and decline of complex societies, and the history of archaeology. These are important topics to study and Norman does a good job of exploiting the issues. Since 1968 he has worked in the Maya lowlands, along with different interdisciplinary projects at Lubaantun (1970-71), Nohmul (1973-86), Cuello (1975-86), and currently La Milpa (1992-present), and a large Classic period (AD 250-900) city in northwestern Belize. Norman Hammond has a large amount of diversity in his research which helps him in his ongoing quest for archeology conquest.

In order to research certain archeology sites funding is needed. National Geographic Society and Boston University funded the La Milpa project. The La Milpa project is researched by an international staff. Professor Hammond has also published fieldwork in North Africa, Afghanistan and Ecuador. He has held a Bumbarton Oaks Fellowship and visiting fellowships at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was on the faculty of Cambridge University (1967-75), Bradford University (1975-77) and Rutgers University (1977-88), and has been a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkely, Jilin University (China), the Sorbonne and the University of Bonn.

Professor Hammond has accomplished lots in his life. He also serevers on the editorial boards of Ancient Mesoamerica and the Journal of Field Archaeology. These editorial boards helped Professor Hammond gain reputation nation wide. He has been a advisor to The Times of London. The amount of field and school experience exceeds many archeologists in the world and puts Professor Hammond on the top of the archeologist ladder.