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Occupation.name
Mayanist
Occupation.synonyms
Mayologist
Occupation.image
TulumCatherwood1844.jpg
Occupation.alt
1844 coloured lithograph showing Mayan temple named Tulum in background surrounded by jungle; three workers in lower left quadrant clearing the area; one person in bottom half observing the temple
Occupation.caption
Tulum
Occupation.type
profession

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Category:Mayanists
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Mayanists
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majanistka
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A Mayanist () is a scholar specialising in research and study of the Mesoamerican pre-Columbian Maya civilisation. This discipline should not be confused with Mayanism, a collection of New Age beliefs about the ancient Maya.

Mayanists draw upon many inter-related disciplines including archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, ethnology, history, photography/art, architecture, astronomy and ceramics.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mayanist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.