David Stuart

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David Stuart is an American archaeologist and epigrapher renowned for his groundbreaking work in deciphering Maya hieroglyphic writing.

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instanceOf Mesoamericanist
archaeologist
epigrapher
human
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Princeton University
fieldOfWork Maya studies
Mesoamerican archaeology
archaeology
epigraphy
genre academic writing
popular science writing
hasAcademicAdvisor Linda Schele NERFINISHED
hasWorkedOnArchaeologicalSite Copan NERFINISHED
La Corona NERFINISHED
Palenque NERFINISHED
Tikal NERFINISHED
Yaxchilan NERFINISHED
hasWrittenAbout 2012 phenomenon and Maya calendar
Maya Long Count calendar NERFINISHED
Maya kingship and dynastic succession
Maya warfare and politics
knownFor advancing phonetic approach to Maya script
decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing
research on Classic Maya inscriptions
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf University of Texas at Austin faculty NERFINISHED
notableContribution contributed to decipherment of dynastic histories at sites such as Copan and Palenque
demonstrated phonetic and logographic components of Maya script
helped establish readings of many Maya syllabic signs
notableStudent Stephen Houston NERFINISHED
notableWork A Foreign Past: The Writing and Representation of History on a Royal Ancestral Shrine at Copan NERFINISHED
Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya NERFINISHED
Studies in Maya Glyphs NERFINISHED
The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque NERFINISHED
The Order of Days NERFINISHED
occupation archaeologist
epigrapher
university professor
positionHeld Curator at the Blanton Museum of Art (UT Austin)
Director of the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin
researchFocus Maya calendrics
Maya religion and iconography
Maya royal courts and political history
studies Classic Maya civilization NERFINISHED
Maya hieroglyphs

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Maya hieroglyphs decipheredBy David Stuart
Maya script deciphermentKeyFigure David Stuart
Maya epigraphy hasKeyFigure David Stuart