Title: En busca de los antiguos Mayas : historia de la Arqueología en Yucatán /
Authors: Barrera Rubio, Alfredo,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Archaeology Mexico Yucatán (State); Archaeologists Biography; Anthropologists Biography.; Explorers Mexico Biography.; Mayas Mexico Yucatán (State); Mayas Antiquities; Anthropologists; Archaeologists; Archaeology; Explorers; Mayas; Mayas Antiquities; Yucatán (Mexico : State) Discovery and exploration.; Mexico; Mexico Yucatán (State)
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Los cronistas -- Los viajeros y exploradores -- La profesionalización de los estudios arqueológicos -- La acción institucional en la arqueología -- Consideraciones finales.