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  Richard A. Diehl (PhD Penn State 1969) is a Mesoamerican archaeologist.
He received his education from William T. Sanders and Paul T. Baker, who taught
him cultural ecology, cultural evolution, and the centrality of field research
to all good anthropology. Diehl's research has focused on the pre-Columbian
cultures of central Mexico and the Olmec culture of the tropical lowlands of the
Mexican Gulf coast (see Olmec head in photo to the right). His field research
includes projects at Tula, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Matacapan, Kaminaljuyu,
and La Mojarra, settlement pattern surveys in the Basin of Mexico, and
ethnographic research on contemporary settlement patterns in the Basin of Mexico
and peasant agriculture in the tropical lowlands of Veracruz. His theoretical
and topical interests include the origins of civilizations, preindustrial
urbanism, comparative studies of civilization, pre-Columbian art history, and
the history of archaeology. Much of Diehl's professional involvement centers on
training graduate students. He particularly tries to involve students in his own
research projects and strongly encourages them to utilize materials from these
projects in their theses. He views his professional relationship with students
as one of symbiosis in which all parties benefit. His role is that of a mentor
who trains students by taking a very active role in their intellectual and
scholarly development. Since 1998 he has served as Executive Director of UA
Museums and Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History (http://museums.ua.edu),
responsibilities that leave no time for formal classroom teaching. He also
serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Advancement of
Mesoamerican Studies Inc., a major funding agency and research center for
Mesoamerican archaeology (http://www.famsi.org).
To contact Dr. Diehl please click here
Selected
Publications
2004: The
Olmecs: Mesoamerica’s First Civilization (tentative
title), Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London.
2000. Olmec Archaeology after
Regional Perspectives: An Assessment of Recent
Research. In Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica, John E. Clark and Mary E.
Pye, eds. Pp 19-29, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National
Gallery of Art, Washington.
1996. The Olmec World. in Olmec
Art of Ancient Mexico, Elizabeth P. Benson and Beatriz de la Fuente, eds., Pp.
29-34, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
1995. Olmec Archaeology. in The Olmec
World: Rulership and Ritual, published by The Art Museum, Princeton University and
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (with Michael D. Coe).
1993. The Toltec Horizon: Old Debates and New
Perspectives." In Latin American Horizons, Don Rice, ed.
Pp 263-294, Dumbarton Oaks Research Collections, Washington, DC.
1990. The Olmec at La Venta. In Mexico:
Splendors of Thirty Centuries. Pp. 51-71, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and
Bulfinch Press, Boston.
1989a. Mesoamerica after the Decline
of Teotihuacan: A.D 700-900. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections,
Washington, DC. Co-edited with Janet Catherine Berlo.
1989b. Olmec archaeology: What we know and what we wish we
knew. in Regional Perspectives on the Olmec. Robert J. Sharer
and David C. Grove, eds. Pp. 17-32. A School of American Research Book. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, England.
1983. Tula: The Toltec Capital of
Ancient Mexico. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London.
1981a. Olmec Architecture: A Comparison of San Lorenzo and
La Venta. In The Olmec and Their Neighbors: Essays in Honor of
Matthew W. Stirling, edited by Elizabeth P. Benson, pp. 69-82. Dumbarton Oaks
Research Library Collections, Washington, D.C.
1981b. Tula, Hidalgo. Supplement to
the Handbook of Middle American Indians: Archaeology, edited by Jeremy Sabloff, pp.
277-295, University of Texas Press.
1980. In the Land of the Olmec.
2 volumes. University of Texas Press. (with Michael D. Coe).
1967. Olmec Civilization, Veracruz, Mexico: Dating of the
San Lorenzo Phase," Science, Vol. 155, No. 3768, pp.
1399-1400. (with Michael D. Coe and Mintz Stuiver).
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