Mayanist

Mayanists working in this specialised field have drawn upon their expertise in many inter-related disciplines: Archaeology , Linguistics , Epigraphy , Ethnology , History , Photography / Art , Architecture , Astronomy , Ceramics , to name but a few.

The term has particularly been adopted by those who have studied and contributed to the Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphics , the complex and elaborate Writing System which was developed by the ancient Maya.

The term was Coined by parallel with specialised fields studying other historical Civilization s; see for example, Egyptologist ( Ancient Egypt ) and Assyriologist ( Ancient Mesopotamia ).

Notable Mayanists

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