Peter Mathews (born 12 June 1951 in Canberra, Australia[citation needed]) is an Australian archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist.

He was a professor at the University of Calgary, and is Co Director of the Naachtun Archaeology Project.

[2] He was a professor of Archaeology and Maya Hieroglyphs at La Trobe University until his retirement at the end of 2011.

[2] In the 1960s, he dubbed artifacts to be from an unknown "Site Q", which some think is La Corona.

[5] In 1997, he and ten Mexican colleagues were attacked, held, and released, near the Maya site of El Cayo.