Person Sheet
NameDr. Edwin Martin Shook 
BirthNov 22, 191132
Employment1934, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, USA74
Employ MemoMember of archeology research team. He was responsible for drafting maps needed by Sylvanus Morley for locating archaeological sites in the Maya Lowlands.
Employment1955, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA74
Employ MemoDirector of the Tikal Project in Petén, Guatemala.
Employment1968, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA74
Employ MemoDirector of the Monte Alto Project on the south Coast of Guatemala. Also sponsored by National Geographic and the Miami Museum of Science.
DeathMar 9, 2000, Antigua, Guatemala75
Death MemoAt his home
FatherDudley Eugene Shook (1869-1941)
MotherCora Alice Deal (1872-1961)
Notes for Dr. Edwin Martin Shook
Noteworthy archeologist who studied Mayan ruins, he was featured in Life Magazine and National Geographic.9,74,75
He donated his archives and specialized library in Mesoamerican studies, now the "Virginia Shook" collection, to the Archaeology Department at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, where it is housed in a special section of the university’s Central Library.74
The Ancient Mesoamerica Journal of Cambridge University noted that he was “one of the most prodigiously active figures in Mesoamerican archaeology during the twentieth century and may well have worked at more archaeological sites than any other Mesoamerican scholar.”75
He donated his archives and specialized library in Mesoamerican studies, now the "Virginia Shook" collection, to the Archaeology Department at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, where it is housed in a special section of the university’s Central Library.74
The Ancient Mesoamerica Journal of Cambridge University noted that he was “one of the most prodigiously active figures in Mesoamerican archaeology during the twentieth century and may well have worked at more archaeological sites than any other Mesoamerican scholar.”75