Elsa Redmond
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Elsa Marion Redmond | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Rice University (BS) Yale University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut American Museum of Natural History |
| Thesis | A fuego y sangre : early Zapotec imperialism in the Cuicatlán Cañada, Oaxaca (1983) |
Elsa Marion Redmond is an American archaeologist at the American Museum of Natural History. She specializes in Latin American archaeology. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Redmond was born Caracas and grew up in Venezuela.[1] She attended the Madeira School.[2] Her father, W. Parker Redmond, had studied at Rice University.[3] Redmond began her undergraduate studies at Vassar College, before transferring to Rice University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1973.[3] During her undergraduate studies, Redmond completed a summer placement mapping Monte Albán with Richard Blanton.[3] Redmond completed her graduate work at Yale University, where she earned an M.Phil and Ph.D. in 1981. Following her doctoral training, Redmond began researching the formation and evolution of societies in the Oaxaca Valley and Venezuela. Her doctorate considered the hypothesis proposed in inscriptions at Monte Albán, which indicate that the Zapotec people conquered the Cuicatlán Cañada.[4]
