Zelia Nuttall

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Zelia Nuttall was an American archaeologist and anthropologist renowned for her pioneering work on pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscripts and cultures.

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instanceOf Mesoamericanist
anthropologist
archaeologist
human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1857-09-06
dateOfDeath 1933-04-12
discovered Codex Magliabechiano (brought to scholarly attention) NERFINISHED
Codex Nuttall (introduced to scholarship) NERFINISHED
educatedAt Bedford College, London NERFINISHED
Prospect Hill School NERFINISHED
employer Harvard University (associated researcher) NERFINISHED
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology NERFINISHED
father Robert Kennedy Nuttall NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Mesoamerican archaeology
codicology
ethnohistory
pre-Columbian studies
hasWorkLocation Mexico NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
knownFor research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscripts
study of Mixtec codices
work on Aztec and Maya cultures
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
German
Spanish
memberOf American Antiquarian Society NERFINISHED
American Philosophical Society
mother Rose Merrill NERFINISHED
notableFor pioneering role as a woman in American archaeology
notableWork A Penitential Rite of the Ancient Mexicans NERFINISHED
Codex Nuttall NERFINISHED
The Fundamental Principles of New and Old World Civilizations NERFINISHED
The Terracotta Heads of Teotihuacan NERFINISHED
occupation anthropologist
archaeologist
ethnologist
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States of America NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico NERFINISHED
publishedIn American Journal of Archaeology NERFINISHED
Journal of American Folklore NERFINISHED
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology NERFINISHED
residence Coyoacán, Mexico NERFINISHED
San Francisco, California NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
studied Aztec manuscripts NERFINISHED
Maya iconography
Mixtec codices NERFINISHED

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Codex Nuttall namedAfter Zelia Nuttall