Elizabeth Brumfiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Brumfiel

archaeologist

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2012

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Elizabeth M.
Brumfiel (born Elizabeth Stern; March 10, 1945 – January 1, 2012) was an American archaeologist who taught at Northwestern University and Albion College.
She had been a president of the American Anthropological Association. Brumfiel conducted an archaeological project at the site of Xaltocan in Mexico starting in 1987.
Before that, she participated with Richard Blanton at Monte Alban in Mexico and directed research at the Mexican sites of Xico and Huexotla. Her publications focused on gender, political economy, and the relationship between these areas of scholarship.
She also worked to show how archaeology, as an academic discipline, is connected to other fields of anthropology and to other disciplines such as gender studies and political science. In 2006, conservative author David Horowitz listed her among the most dangerous professors in his book "The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America" because of her strong voice on social justice and human rights.
She died at a Skokie, Illinois hospice in 2012.