Mayanists
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Mayanists are those who specialise in, or have notably contributed to, the study of the Maya civilization.
Portraits
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Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne- 19th C. French scholar
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Maler, Teoberto- (1842-1917); German explorer and noted photographer/explorer of Maya sites
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Morley, Sylvanus G.- Early 20th C. American Mayanist scholar
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le Plongeon, Alice Dixon- 19th C. English photographer and amateur Mayanist
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le Plongeon, Augustus- 19th C. English archaeologist, photographer and Mayanist
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Tatiana Proskouriakoff-(1909-1985) Russian-born American Mayanist
Works
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the "de Landa alphabet", from Brasseur de Bourbourg's 1853 edition of Diego de Landa's Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán
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Drawing by Sylvanus Morley (1915), of an inscription appearing on a lintel in the "Temple of the Initial Series", Chichen Itza. The Maya Long Count date shown here (starting row 2, ending at A5) is 10.2.9.1.9 9 Muluk 7 Sak (equivalent to July 30, 878 CE).