Michael D. Coe

Michael D. Coe

male, 80 years old
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Mesoamericascholar, Ph.D., Harvard University, mesoamerica, civilization
Michael D. Coe (b. 1929) is an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher and author. Primarily known for his research in the field of...
Faustino Galicia

Faustino Galicia

male, deceased (1877)
linguist, galicia, aztec, Mesoamericascholar, Nahuatl language, Faustino Chimalpopoca
Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca or Faustino Chimalpopoca(tl) Galicia (d. 1877) was the most active scholar of the Nahuatl language of the 19th...
Terrence Kaufman

Terrence Kaufman

male
linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, unwritten language, language contact, Historical linguistics, Mesoamericascholar…mesoamerica
Terrence Kaufman is an American linguist specializing in documentation of unwritten languages, Mesoamerican historical linguistics and language...
Zelia Nuttall

Zelia Nuttall

female, deceased (1933)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, aztec, Anthropologist, American, mesoamerica, mixtec…Mesoamericascholar
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (September 6, 1857 - April 12, 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in...

Ángel María Garibay K.

male, deceased (1967)
linguistics, Classical Nahuatl, Mexican, Philologist, Roman Catholic, mesoamerica…Mesoamericascholar
Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cu...

Carlos De Sigüenza Y Góngora

male, deceased (1700)
National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty, poet, historian, Polymath, Mexican, philosopher…Mesoamericascholar
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was one of the first great intellectuals born in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. A polymath and writer, he he...
Alfred Tozzer

Alfred Tozzer

male, deceased (1954)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, lynn, peabody museum, linguist, Archaeologist, Anthropologist…mesoamerica, Mesoamericascholar
Alfred Marston Tozzer (4 July, 1877 - 5 October, 1954) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, and educator. His principal area of...
Alfonso Caso

Alfonso Caso

male, deceased (1970)
Yucuñudahui, ancient Mexican civilizations, Olmec influence on Mesoamerican culture, Olmec interacted with other Mesoamerican cultures, civilization, mesoamerica…Mesoamericascholar
Alfonso Caso y Andrade was an archaeologist who made important contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico. He was born and died in...
Matthew Stirling

Matthew Stirling

male, deceased (1975)
Latin Americanist, Episcopalian, Mesoamericascholar, George Washington University alumni, ecuador, smithsonian institution…mesoamerica
Matthew Williams Stirling (1896 - January 23, 1975) was an American ethnologist, archaeologist and later an administrator at several scientific...
Fray Juan de Torquemada

Fray Juan de Torquemada

male, deceased (1624)
Franciscan, Colonial Mexico, friar, Mesoamericascholar, Aztec history, Old Castile
Fray (or Brother) Juan de Torquemada (ca. 1562, Torquemada, Old Castile, Spain - 1624, Mexico City) was a Franciscan friar, missionary and...