Lars Fogelin is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. An archaeologist, he studies the origin, development, and eventual collapse of Buddhism in India. In addition to his work in India, Fogelin studies the archaeology of religion, archaeological theory, architecture, and the philosophy of science. He has published numerous articles and four books: Archaeology of Early Buddhism (2006), Religion, Archaeology, and the Material World (2008), An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism (2015), and An Unauthorized Companion to American Archaeological Theory (2019).