Joseph Michels

Joseph W. Michels, emeritus professor of anthropology, codirected the Penn State University Kaminaljuyu archaeological project that ran from 1968 through 1971. Subsequently, he served as coeditor of the Penn State University Press monograph series on Kaminaljuyu. Prof. Michels has earned international recognition for his research on emergent complex societies, including (in addition to the ancient Maya) the Aksumite civilization of Ethiopia and the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia.