Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Academic
1909 – 1985
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Who was Tatiana Proskouriakoff?
Tat’yana Avenirovna Proskuriakova was an American Mayanist scholar and archaeologist who contributed significantly to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs, the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1909
Tomsk - Also known as
- Проскурякова, Татьяна Авенировна
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Pennsylvania State University
- Lived in
- Lansdowne
- Died
- Aug 30, 1985
Cambridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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