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Linda Schele
American mesoamericanist
Linda Schele (October 30, 1942 – April 18, 1998) was an American Mesoamerican archaeologist who was an expert in the field of Mayaepigraphy and iconography.
She played a central role in the decoding of much of the Maya script. She produced a massive volume of drawings of stelae and inscriptions, which, following her wishes, are free for use to scholars[which?].
In 1978, she founded the annual Maya Meetings at The University of Texas at Austin.
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She was from Hendersonville, TN, a northern suburb of Nashville. Her mother Ruby Richmond was active in historic preservation at Historic Rock Castle in the 1980s.
Early life
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Linda Schele began taking commercial art courses at the University of Cincinnati in 1960 and graduated in Education and Art in 1964.
With an increasing interest in literature, she spent another four years in Cincinnati's graduate program and obtained her master's degree in Art