Luis Guillermo Lumbreras

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras Salcedo (29 July 1936 – 9 November 2023) was a Peruvian archaeologist, anthropologist and academic.

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras
Lumbreras in 2019
Born	29 July 1936 (1936-07-29) Ayacucho, Peru
Died	9 November 2023 (2023-11-10) (aged 87) Lima, Peru
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist anthropologist

Life and career

Born in Ayacucho, Lumbreras graduated in archaeology and ethnology at the National University of San Marcos.^[1][2] The main object of his studies was the origin of civilization in Peru, for which he theorized a fusion of autochthonous and foreign elements.^[2]

Lumbreras served as professor at his alma mater, at the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, at the National Agrarian University and at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University.^[3] He also served as director of the National Institute of Culture, director of the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru and president of the Museo de la Nación.^[2] He founded the Andean Institute of Archaeological Studies and co-founded the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

In June 1973 Lumbreras was one of the academics who participated in the Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino held in northern Chile.^[4]

During his career Lumbreras received various honours and accolades, including the National Culture Prize, the National Prize for Scientific Research and the Humboldt Prize.^[3] He died in Lima on 9 November 2023, at the age of 87.^[3]