Mayanists Mayanists Alfred Maudslay ( 1850- 1931) was a British colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist. He was one of the first Europeans to study Maya ruins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Maudslay"
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon ( 1851- 1910) was an English photographer, amateur archaeologist and traveller, who spent 11 years living and working in Central America photographing and studying the Maya civilization. Together with her husband, Augustus Le Plongeon, she developed speculative theories concerning the origins of the Maya, which are today completely discounted by modern Mayanist scholarship; however, her meticulous documentation and recording of Maya sites still remains a useful repository of information. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alice Dixon Le Plongeon"
Augustus le Plongeon ( 1826- 1908) was a photographer, antiquarian and amateur archaeologist who made the first attempted excavations and photographic records of the ruins of Chichen Itza, a site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization on the northern Yucatán peninsula, Central America. He wrote a lengthy history of Maya culture, going so far as to propose a theory that Maya had founded Ancient Egypt, a theory which has since been discredited by the scientific community. In general, his theories were considered to be somewhat outlandish by near-contempories and later Mayanist scholars such as Teoberto Maler and Alfred Maudslay, and he is regarded today as one of the more eccentric characters to have worked in the field . However, as a pioneer in producing photographic records of Maya sites and inscriptions, le Plongeon's works and images retain at least a curio value to later researchers and in several cases preserve the appearance of sites and objects which were subsequently damaged. ...more on Wikipedia about "Augustus Le Plongeon"
Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg ( 8 September, 1814 – 8 January, 1874) was a noted French writer, ethnographer, historian and archaeologist. He became a specialist in Mesoamerican studies, travelling extensively in the region. His writings, publications, and recovery of historical documents contributed much to the later understanding of the region's languages, writing, history and culture (in particular, that of the Maya and Aztec). ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg"
Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay ( 2 May 1828 - 24 October 1915) was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Désiré Charnay"
Diego de Landa Calderón ( 1524 – 1579) was Bishop of Yucatán. De Landa was in charge of bringing the Roman Catholic faith to the Maya peoples after the Spanish conquest of Yucatán. He presided over a spiritual monopoly granted to the Catholic order of Franciscans by the Spanish crown, and worked dilligently to buttress the order's power while converting the indigenous Maya. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings which contain much valuable information on pre-Columbian Maya civilization, and his actions which destroyed much of that civilization's history, literature, and traditions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diego de Landa"
Edward Herbert Thompson ( 28 September, 1856 - 11 May, 1935) was a United States born archaeologist and diplomat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Herbert Thompson"
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Frederick Catherwood ( February 27, 1799 - September 20, 1854) was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his explorations of ruins of the Maya civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frederick Catherwood"
Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson ( 31 December, 1898– 9 September, 1975) was an English archeologist and Mayanist epigrapher, regarded as the pre-eminent mid- 20th century scholar of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. He was generally known as J. Eric S. Thompson in print and Eric Thompson to his colleagues. ...more on Wikipedia about "J. Eric S. Thompson"
Jean Frederic Maximilien de Waldeck ( March 16, 1766 (?) - April 30, 1875) was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-Frédéric Waldeck"
John Lloyd Stephens ( November 28, 1805– October 13, 1852) was a American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization and in the planning of the Panama railroad. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Lloyd Stephens"
Linda Schele ( 1942 - 18 April, 1998) was a noted expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. Her assistance was invaluable in the decipherment of much of the Maya hieroglyphics. She produced a massive volume of drawings of stelae and inscriptions, which, following her wishes, are free for use to scholars. In 1978, she founded the annual Maya Meetings at The University of Texas at Austin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linda Schele"
Lyle Campbell is a linguist He is considered to be one of the foremost experts on Native American languages, especially Mayan and Uto-Aztecan languages, and historical linguistics. In addition to his expertise in Meso-American languages, he is also expert on Finno-Ugric languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lyle Campbell"
Mary Miller is the master of Saybrook College at Yale University and the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mary Miller"
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Mayanist is a term which has been in widespread use from the late 19th century onwards, to refer to scholars who have specialised in research and study of the Central American pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mayanist"
Sylvanus Griswold Morley ( June 7 1883– September 2 1948) was an American archaeologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar who made significant contributions towards the study of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. He is particularly noted for his extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza, whose scholarly investigations he commenced. He also published several large compilations and treatises on Maya hieroglyphic writing, and wrote popular accounts on the Maya for a general audience. To his contemporaries he was one of the leading Mesoamerican archaeologists of his day; although more recent developments in the field have resulted in a re-evaluation of his theories and works, his publications (particularly on calendric inscriptions) are still cited. In his directorship of various projects sponsored by the Carnegie Institution he oversaw and encouraged a good many others who would go on to establish notable careers in their own right. Overall, his commitment and enthusiasm for Maya studies would generate the interest and win the necessary sponsorship and backing to finance projects which would ultimately reveal much about the Maya of former times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sylvanus Morley"
Teoberto Maler or Teobert Maler ( 12 January 1842 – 22 November 1917) was an explorer who devoted his energies to documenting the ruins of the Maya civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Teoberto Maler"
Thomas William Francis Gann ( 13 May, 1867– 24 February, 1938) was a medical doctor by profession, but is best remembered for his work as an amateur archeologist exploring ruins of the Maya civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Gann"
Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov (alternatively, Knorozov; in Russian: Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; b. November 19 1922 — d. March 31 1999) was a Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yuri Knorosov"
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