Past Funded Researchers
Dorothy Hosler
- Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Dorothy Hosler is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research generally examines the extraction, processing and production of copper and copper based alloys in ancient Mesoamerica and South America and the relation of these technologies in the two areas to each other. Her primary research currently is at the site of El Manchón, Guerrero, in West Mexico, where extensive copper smelting activities took place. She and her colleagues are currently working on dating the smelting area of that site. They are also examining the production of a variety of unusual prehispanic copper-based alloy objects recently excavated in the state of Mexico. Her general interests in production extend to rubber and pottery production in ancient Mesoamerica and to construction technologies in Mesoamerica. She was named AAAS Fellow in 2017.