Anthony Aveni

Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a US National Professor of the Year and has been awarded the H. B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody Museum. 

Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World

Revised Edition

Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching the Liberal Arts

Revised Edition

A Reader with Commentary

Anthony Aveni considers the recent story about the Canadian student who discovered a Maya city by placing a star map over a map of the Yucatán.

New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript

Understanding Nature's Truths Across Time and Culture

I’ve had some really excellent feedback on my book Class Not Dismissed, especially from readers who ended up, like me, working in a place they wouldn’t have dreamed of nor planned for.