Tatiana Proskouriakoff excavated

Tatiana Proskouriakoff

Tat’yana Avenirovna Proskuriakova (Russian: Татья́на Авени́ровна Проскуряко́ва) (January 23 [O.S. January 10] 1909 – August 30, 1985) was an American Mayanist scholar and archaeologist who contributed significantly to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs, the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana Proskouriakoff
• Page 84 - Bahn, P., ed., 2008, The Great Archaeologists: Anness Publishing, London, 96p.