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Friedrich Max Uhle (1856–1944) (Fig. 1) was born on March 23, 1856, in Dresden (Sachsen) in Northern Germany. Because of his pioneer huge contribution to the Andean archaeology, he is considered by some archaeologists as the “Father of the Peruvian archaeology.”
Max Uhle (Photo: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, with permission)
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Hoeflein, M. 2002. Leben und Werk Max Uhles. Ibero Bibliographien 1. Berlin: Iberoamerikanisches Institut. Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Kaulicke, P. 1998. Max Uhle y el Antiguo Peru. Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Rowe, J.H. 1954. Max Uhle, 1856–1944. A memoir of the father of Peruvian archaeology (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 46(1)). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
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Leon, E. (2014). Uhle, Friedrich Max. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2427
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