David Stuart (Mayanist)

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Dr. David Stuart (b. 1965) is a Mayanist scholar and Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. He began deciphering Mayan hieroglyphs at the age of 12, under the tutelage of Linda Schele. In 1983, at the age of 18, he became the youngest-ever recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant." He has made major contributions in the field of epigraphy, particularly related to the decipherment of the Maya script used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.[1]

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  1. ^ See for example Coe (1992), p.231 et seq.

[edit] References

Coe, Michael D. (1992). Breaking the Maya Code. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05061-9. OCLC 26605966. 
Coe, Michael D.; and Mark van Stone (2005). Reading the Maya Glyphs, 2nd edition, London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28553-4. OCLC 60532227. 
D'Amico, Rob (2008-05-02). "Living Maya: Austin becomes a hotbed of past and future Maya knowledge" (online edition). The Austin Chronicle. Austin, TX: Austin Chronicle Corp.. OCLC 32732454. 

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