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Eric S. Thompson
- Thought Mayans worshiped time b/c of abundance of dates one stela
- He also thought they were peaceful
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Yuri Knororsor
Discovered Maya used system of logographs and phonetic symbols
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Linda Schele
Categorized Mayan Verbs so we can read hieroglyphs
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David Stuart
- Genius kid
- Developed system so we could speak the ancient language
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Denis Puleston
- Tikal Settlement Survey
- Discovered fortified walls; moats, booby-trap, indicating Tikal was under attack
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Rebecca Storey
- Anemia – malnutrition of 80% of population – elites and reg. population @ Copan
- Environmental degradation model
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Ann Corin Fretter
- Obsidian Dating @ Copan
- Indicates when people migrated
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David Rue
- Palynology: pollen dating
- Indicates when fields grew over @ Copan, abandonment was gradual
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Bill Sanders
- Studies modern farms
- concluded soil depleted of nutrition
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Stephens and Catherwood
Wrote Incidents of travel in Yucatan and Central America
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William Coe
- Tikal
- Dug trench – erosion fucked things up royally
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William Folah
- CALAKMUL
- Site of only stucco structure depicting daily life
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Martin and Grube
Historical Reconstruction of Calakmul's takeover
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David Webber
Land erosion due to over cropping buried structures
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Allan Robinson
Cancuen - discovered Royal Family was brutally murdered
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