Tatiana Proskouriakoff
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 39 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 23,1909 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Tomsk |
| Russia | |
| Date of died | August 30,1985 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Fields | Mayanist |
| Linguistics | |
| Job | Archaeologist |
| Mayanist | |
| Books | A study of classic Maya sculpture |
| Maya history | |
| Jades from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan | |
| Architecture of Maya temples | |
| An album of Maya architecture | |
| Education | Penn State University |
| Pennsylvania State University | |
| The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Known for | Seminal contributions to Mayanist archaeology |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 581518 |
Tatiana Proskouriakoff Life story
Tat'yana Avenirovna Proskuriakova was a Russian-American Mayanist scholar and archaeologist who contributed significantly to the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Born in Tomsk, Proskuriakova moved to the US with her parents in 1916.
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