influences nationality work_institutions field birth_date known_for prizes article_title name alma_mater
george kubler american dumbarton oaks tulane university mesoamerican art historian 6 september 1948 interpretations of aztec iconography , codices and writing order of the aztec eagle -lrb- 1990 -rrb- elizabeth hill boone
 elizabeth hill boone the -rrb- ut austin -lrb- ma 1974 , phd 1977 -rrb- college of william & mary -lrb- ba 1970
elizabeth hill boone

elizabeth hill boone -lrb- born september 6 , 1948 -rrb- is an american art historian , ethnohistorian and academic , specialising in the study of latin american art and in particular the early colonial and pre-columbian art , iconography and pictoral codices associated with the mixtec , aztec and other mesoamerican cultures in the central mexican region .
her extensive published research covers investigations into the nature of aztec writing , the symbolism and structure of aztec art and iconography and the interpretation of mixtec and aztec codices .
boone has been a professor of art history at tulane university since 1994 -- 95 , holding the martha and donald robertson chair in latin american art .
she is also a research associate at tulane 's middle american research institute -lrb- mari -rrb- .
from 2006 boone took a sabbatical from lecturing and research at tulane , to accept a position to pursue independent research as the andrew w. mellon professor at the national gallery of art 's center for advanced study in the visual arts -lrb- casva -rrb- , an appointment lasting through 2008 .
boone had previously been a paul mellon senior fellow at casva , in 1993 -- 94 .
