Diego Ruiz

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Diego Ruiz was a 19th-century Mexican surveyor credited with bringing the ancient Mesoamerican city of El Tajín to the attention of the wider world.

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Diego Ruiz canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican person
human
surveyor
activityLocation El Tajín
associatedWith El Tajín
surface form: El Tajín archaeological site

ancient Mesoamerican archaeology
centuryOfActivity 19th century
contributedTo archaeological awareness of El Tajín
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
culturalContext 19th-century Mexican scientific exploration
discovered El Tajín
surface form: El Tajín (to the wider world)
era post-independence Mexico
fieldOfWork land surveying
topography
heritage Mexican
influenced subsequent archaeological investigations at El Tajín
knownFor bringing El Tajín to wider scholarly attention
reporting the ruins of El Tajín
languageOfWork Spanish
notableEvent identification of El Tajín as an ancient city
notableWork early description of El Tajín
occupation surveyor
placeOfWork Veracruz
roleInHistory early documenter of pre-Columbian ruins in Mexico
significance first modern report of El Tajín to authorities or scholars
typeOfDiscovery archaeological site (El Tajín)

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El Tajín discoverer Diego Ruiz