Norman Hammond

Norman Hammond (born 10 July 1944) is a British archaeologist, academic and Mesoamericanist scholar, noted for his publications and research on the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.

Career Hammond was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He held academic posts at Cambridge (1967–75), Bradford (1975–77), and Rutgers universities (1977–88), before he became a professor in the Archaeology Department at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) in 1988. Now retired at Boston, he is currently a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge. and La Milpa (1992–2002). As well as specialising in the archaeology of Maya lowland sites in Belize, he has written on the emergence of complex societies in general, and on the history of archaeology.

He has worked on the editorial boards of Ancient Mesoamerica and the Journal of Field Archaeology. He has also been the archaeology correspondent for The Times newspaper in London.

In 1998 he was elected as a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), honouring his contributions to the field of Mayanist research.

Publications Hammond's published books include: Lubaantun, 1926-70: The British Museum in British Honduras (1972, British Museum, ) Lubaantun: A Classic Maya Realm (1975, Harvard University Press for the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, ) Ancient Maya Civilization (April 1982, Cambridge University Press and Rutgers University Press, , fifth edition released 1994) Nohmul: A Prehistoric Maya Community in Belize (December 1985, British Archaeological Reports, ) Cuello: An Early Maya Community in Belize (May 1991, Cambridge University Press, )

Selected papers and articles Some of the papers and articles published by Hammond include: