Description
This volume brings together the main protagonists related to the study of the vestiges of the ancient Mayan civilization, from the conquest until the end of the 20th century. It presents the life and work of chroniclers, explorers and archaeologists who have built up the encounter with the cities, history, epigraphy, culture, calendar, gods and universe of the Maya. Includes researchers such as Frederick Catherwood, Fray Estanislao Carrillo, Teobert Maler, Alfred P. Maudslay, Sylvanus G. Morley, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Alfredo Barrera Vázquez and many more.