Matthew Stirling

Matthew Williams Stirling (Salinas, Califórnia, 1896 – 23 de Janeiro de 1975) foi um etnólogo, arqueólogo dos Estados Unidos da América. É mais bem conhecido por suas descobertas sobre a civilização olmeca.

Films de Stirling

Preservados no Human Studies Film Archive, Suitland, Maryland

Exploring Hidden Mexico - Documenta as escavações de La Venta e Cerro de las Mesas.
Hunting Prehistory on Panama’s Unknown North Coast -Documenta as escavações de 1952 em sítios do norte do Panamá
Aboriginal Darien : Past and Present - Documenta a flora, fauna e etnografia de partes do Panamá durante uma viagem em 1954
In the Trail of Prehistoric America - Documenta uma expedição ao Equador em 1957, juntamente com uma curta filmagem etnográfica dos índios Colorado.
Mexico in Fiesta Masks
Uncovering an Ancient Mexican Temple
Exploring Panama’s Prehistoric Past
Uncovering Mexico’s Forgotten Treasures

Bibliografia

America's First Settlers, the Indians National Geographic, 1937
Great Stone Faces of the Mexican Jungle National Geographic, 1940
An Initial Series from Tres Zapotes Mexican Archaeology Series, National Geographic, 1942
Origin myth of Acoma and other records BAE Bulletin 135, 1942
Finding Jewels of Jade in a Mexican Swamp (with Marion Stirling) National Geographic, 1942
La Venta’s Green Stone Tigers National Geographic, 1943
Stone Monuments of Southern Mexico BAE Bulletin 138, 1943
Indians of the Southeastern United States National Geographic, 1946
On the Trail of La Venta Man National Geographic, 1947
Haunting Heart of the Everglades/Indians of the Far West (com A. H. Brown) National Geographic, 1948
Stone Monuments of the Río Chiquito BAE Bulletin 157, 1955
Indians of the Americas National Geographic Society, 1955
The use of the atlatl on Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan BAE Bulletin 173, 1960
Electronics and Archaeology (com F. Rainey e M. W. Stirling Jr) Expedition Magazine, 1960
Monumental Sculpture of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco Handbook of Middle American Indians, 1965
Early History of the Olmec Problem Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Olmec, 1967
Solving the mystery of Mexico's Great Stone Spheres National Geographic, 1969
Historical and ethnographical material on the Jivaro Indians BAE Bulletin 117
An archeological reconnaissance in Southeastern Mexico BAE Bulletin 164
Tarquí, an early site in Manabí Province, Ecuador (com Marion Stirling) BAE Bulletin 186
Archaeological notes on Almirante Bay, Panama (com Marion Stirling) BAE Bulletin 191
Archaeology of Taboga, Urabá, and Taboguilla Islands, Panama (com Marion Stirling) BAE Bulletin 191
El Limón, an early tomb site in Coclé Province Panama (com Marion Stirling) BAE Bulletin 191