Michael Coe，生于1929年，他是一个美国考古学家，金石学家和作家。获得哈佛大学学士和博士学位。他的主要研究领域是前哥伦比亚时期中美洲的研究（特别是玛雅文明，他被认为是20世纪后最重要的玛雅文化专家学者），Michael Coe也有对北美和南美的其他考古遗址进行广泛的研究。他还专门研究了比较了古老的热带雨林文明，如中美洲和东南亚，如柬埔寨的高棉文明目前，COE是美国耶鲁大学人类学系教授。他的研究兴趣主要集中于前西班牙的文明，尤其是中美洲的奥尔梅克，玛雅，和柬埔寨的高棉文明的。


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主要著作：

  1. 1.1961   La Victoria, An Early Site on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. (Papers of
    the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Vol. 53). 163 pp. Cambridge, MA.

  2. 2.1962   Mexico (Ancient Peoples and Places). 245 pp. London: Thames and Hudson. (4 subsequent editions).

  3. 3.1965   The Jaguar’s Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico. 126 pp. New York: Museum of Primitive Art.

  4. 4.1966   The Maya (Ancient Peoples and Places). 186 pp. (7 subsequent editions).

  5. 5.1967   Early Cultures and Human Ecology in South Coastal Guatemala (with Kent V. Flannery). (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Vol. 3.) 136 pp. Washington, D.C.

  6. 6.1968   America’s First Civilization: Discovering the Olmec. New York: American Heritage Press.

  7. 7.1973   The Maya Scribe and His World. 160 pp. New York: The Grolier Club.

  8. 8.1978   Lords of the Underworld: Masterpieces of Classic Maya Ceramics. 142 pp. Princeton University Press.

  9. 9.1980   In the Land of the Olmec (with Richard A. Diehl). 2 vols. Vol. 1: The Archaeology of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. 416 pp. Vol. 2:  The People of the River. 198 pp. University of Texas Press.