Guillermo Algaze

Guillermo Algaze
Born (1954-11-24) November 24, 1954
CitizenshipCuba (birthplace), United States (naturalized)
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico;
University of Chicago
Known forA 2003 MacArthur "Genius" Award.
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
ThesisMesopotamian expansion and its consequences: informal empire in the late fourth millennium B.C. (1986)
Doctoral advisorsRobert M. Adams
Helene Juliet Kantor
McGuire Gibson

Guillermo Algaze (born November 24, 1954) is a Cuban-born American anthropologist and recipient of a 2003 MacArthur Award, Algaze is a former chair of the anthropology department at University of California, San Diego, and project director of the Titris Hoyuk excavation in southern Turkey.