Robbins, Lawrence H.

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ROBBINS, Lawrence H.

ROBBINS, Lawrence H. American, b. 1938. Genres: Anthropology/ Ethnology, Archaeology/Antiquities. Career: University of California, Berkeley, lecturer, 1964; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, assistant professor, 1967-68; Michigan State University, East Lansing, assistant professor, 1968 and 1971, associate professor, 1972-1976, professor of anthropology, 1977-, chair of department of anthropology 1992-95. University of Maryland at College Park, lecturer, 1965; University of Nairobi, visiting research associate, 1969-70; National Museums of Kenya and British Institute, visiting research associate, 1974-75; University of Botswana, visiting lecturer, 1982- 83. Publications: The Lothagam Site (monograph), 1974; (with J.L. Angel, T.W. Phenice and B.M. Lynch) Late Stone Age Fisherman of Lothagam Kenya (monograph), 1980; Lopoy, a Late Stone Age Fishing and Pastoralist Settlement West of Lake Turkana, Kenya (monograph), 1980; The Archaeologist's Eye: Great Discoveries, Missing Links, and Ancient Treasures, 1989, in US as Stones, Bones and Ancient Cities: Great Discoveries in Archaeology and the Search for Human Origins, 1990. Contributor to professional journals.