Luis Guillermo Lumbreras

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras
Luis Guillermo Lumbreras
	Lumbreras in 2019
Born	29 July 1936; Ayacucho, Peru
Died	9 November 2023 (aged 87); Lima, Peru
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist ; anthropologist

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras Salcedo (29 July 1936 – 9 November 2023) was a Peruvian archaeologist, anthropologist and academic.

Life and career

Born in Ayacucho, Lumbreras graduated in archaeology and ethnology at the National University of San Marcos.^[1]^[2] The main object of his studies was the origin of civilization in Peru, for which he theorized a fusion of autochthonous and foreign elements.^[2]

Lumbreras served as professor at his alma mater, at the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, at the National Agrarian University and at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University.^[3] He also served as director of the National Institute of Culture, director of the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru and president of the Museo de la Nación.^[2] He founded the Andean Institute of Archaeological Studies and co-founded the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

During his career Lumbreras received various honours and accolades, including the National Culture Prize, the National Prize for Scientific Research and the Humboldt Prize.^[3] He died in Lima on 9 November 2023, at the age of 87.^[3]

References

^ Bazán, Víctor Nomberto; Núñez, Filomeno Zubieta (2007). Historiografía general y del Perú: autores y obras del pensamiento histórico (in Spanish). 79: Editorial Universitaria. ISBN 978-9972-236-30-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Escribano, Pedro (10 November 2023). "Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, el hombre que iluminó el Perú". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Seminario Ojeda, Miguel Arturo (10 November 2023). "Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, entre la arqueología, la antropología, y la tarea de hacer hablar a las piedras". Prensa Regional (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[1] Bazán, Víctor Nomberto; Núñez, Filomeno Zubieta (2007). Historiografía general y del Perú: autores y obras del pensamiento histórico (in Spanish). 79: Editorial Universitaria. ISBN 978-9972-236-30-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[bio-2] Escribano, Pedro (10 November 2023). "Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, el hombre que iluminó el Perú". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[bio2-3] Seminario Ojeda, Miguel Arturo (10 November 2023). "Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, entre la arqueología, la antropología, y la tarea de hacer hablar a las piedras". Prensa Regional (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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