Linda Schele - Wikipedia
WEBLinda Schele (October 30, 1942 – April 18, 1998) was an American Mesoamerican archaeologist who was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played a central role in the decoding of much of the Maya script.
Maya historian Linda Schele dies - UT News
WEBApr 20, 1998 · University of Texas at Austin scholar Linda Schele, a major figure in the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing and the study of ancient American civilization, died on April 18th in Austin at the age of 55 from pancreatic cancer.
Linda Schele – ArchaeoEd
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Linda Schele was the most influential Mayanist of her time – some would say of all time. Ed had the good fortune to be counted among her graduate students. In this episode, he’ll tell you some stories from his time with her.
Linda Schele, Pioneer in the Study of Mayans, Dies at 55
WEBApr 22, 1998 · Linda Schele, a onetime studio art teacher who made a fateful vacation visit to Mexico that turned her life upside down and helped revolutionize Mayan scholarship, died on Saturday at a hospital...
FAMSI - About Linda Schele
WEBLinda Schele was a prolific Mesoamerican scholar who died in 1998. She originally trained as a studio art teacher and has written several great books which include "Maya Glyphs: The Verbs" (Schele 1982), the "Palenque Bodega" book (Schele and Mathews 1979), "The Blood of Kings" (Schele and Miller 1986), "A Forest of Kings" (Schele and …
Linda Schele | Encyclopedia.com
WEBLinda Schele. 1942-1998. American art historian who was world-renowned for her work in decoding the hieroglyphic language of the Maya. After an early career as an artist and studio art professor, Schele became interested in the Mayan culture after a 1970 trip to the Yucatan; she earned her Ph.D. in Latin American Studies in 1980.
Tradition of Dr. Linda Schele lives on with Maya Meetings
WEBMar 2, 1999 · When University of Texas art historian Dr. Linda Schele was alive, she did more than decode the long mysterious hieroglyphs of the ancient Maya people. She infected others with her enthusiasm about the Maya language and the history it revealed.
Schele, Linda Dean Richmond (1942–1998) - TSHA
WEBOct 20, 2021 · Linda Dean Richmond Schele, University of Texas art professor who became best-known for her efforts in deciphering ancient Maya hieroglyphs, was born on October 30, 1942, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Lloyd Dean Richmond and Ruby Mae (Brown) Richmond.
Maya Cosmos, Dr Linda Schele - YouTube
WEBApr 17, 2019 · Epigrapher Dr. Linda Schele tells the story of her journey in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphs – revealing a new understanding of the worldview of the Maya Cosmos.
WEBDr. Linda Schele was a pioneer in the decipherment of the Maya Hieroglyphic Writing and an extraordinary professor of Maya and Mesoamerican Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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