Her research has two themes: the origins and spread of agriculture in the lowland Neotropics, and methods and approaches in paleoethnobotany. She is no longer accepting students.

Jun 2, 2025 · The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced Deborah M. Pearsall, professor emerita in the University of Missouri College of Arts and Science, as one of the …

She was a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where she first began working in 1978 for 35 years. She is still in the department as a …

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Sep 29, 2025 · Dr. Deborah Pearsall is an American archaeologist, specializing in paleoethnobotany. She is a professor emerita in the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri in Columbia, …

Jun 2, 2025 · Mizzou’s Deborah M. Pearsall elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (University of Missouri)

Neff, Hector, Barbara Arroyo, and Deborah M. Pearsall. “Agriculture, Paleoenvironment, and Human Occupation in the Pacific Coastal Lowlands of Southern Mesoamerica.”

After graduating, Deborah went on to a long career at the University of Missouri, where she remains a professor emerita in the Anthropology Department. Dr. Pearsall has been a pioneer in the world of …

Early in my career I also worked in highland and coastal Peru. I retired from the University of Missouri in 2013 and am a Professor Emerita of the Anthropology Department.