Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeology

Zelia Nuttall

1857 – 1933

Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall was an American archaeologist specialising in pre-Aztec Mexican cultures and pre-Columbian manuscripts. She discovered and published the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, decoded aspects of the Aztec calendar, and served for 47 years as Special Assistant in Mexican Archaeology at Harvard's Peabody Museum, becoming one of the most influential figures in early Mesoamerican studies.

Creation MythsMythologyMesoamerican mythologyMythological systemsClassical heroesComparative Mythologyritual documentationritual sacrifice

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