Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
new world, Italian, from Genoa, colonialist, cristoforo colombo, Pinta…pre-Columbian, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
Michael D. Coe

Michael D. Coe

male, 80 years old
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Mesoamerica scholar, Ph.D., Harvard University, mesoamerica, civilization…pre-Columbian
Michael D. Coe (b. 1929) is an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher and author. Primarily known for his research in the field of...
Karl Taube

Karl Taube

male
San Bartolo, Mesoamericanist, Archaeologist, guatemala, epigrapher, ethnohistory…pre-Columbian
Karl Andreas Taube (b. 1957) is an American Mesoamericanist, archaeologist, epigrapher and ethnohistorian, known for his publications and research...

David Stuart

male, 44 years old
University of Texas, Austin, mesoamerica, pre-Columbian, Maya civilization, mayanist
Dr. David Stuart (b. 1965) is a Mayanist scholar and Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. He began...
Diego de Landa

Diego de Landa

male, deceased (1579)
Bishop of Yucatán, Roman Catholic bishop, Izamal, Colonial Mexico, Franciscan, Guadalajara, Spain…pre-Columbian
Diego de Landa Calderón was Bishop of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings which contain much valuable in...

Mary Miller

female
Yale University, Yale University faculty, mesoamerica, pre-Columbian, Maya civilization, mayanist
Mary Ellen Miller is the master of Saybrook College at Yale University and the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art. She studies and...
William Spratling

William Spratling

male, deceased (1967)
Auburn University, Tulane University, from New York, Educator, metropolitan museum of art, silver…pre-Columbian
William Spratling (September 22 1900 - August 7 1967) was an American-born silversmith and artist, best known for his influence on 20th Century...
Merle Greene Robertson

Merle Greene Robertson

female, 96 years old
central america, American, pre-Columbian, Maya civilization, mayanist
Merle Greene Robertson (b.1913) is an American artist, art historian, archaeologist, lecturer and Mayanist researcher, renowned for her extensive...

Joyce Marcus

female
Harvard University, U-M Mueseum of Anthropology, Latin American archaeological research, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Museums at the University of Michigan, Archaeology of the Americas…pre-Columbian
Joyce Marcus is a renowned American archaeologist, who has published extensively in the field of Latin American archaeological research. Her...

Stephen D. Houston

male, 51 years old
Brown University, Anthropologist, mesoamerica, pre-Columbian, Maya civilization, mayanist
Stephen D. Houston is an American anthropologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar, who is particularly renowned for his research into the...