Born in Siberia during a turbulent period in Russian history, Tatiana Proskouriakoff came to America with her family when her father was commissioned during World War I by Czar Nicholas II to oversee the production of munitions in the United States. With the Czar's abdication and the onset of the Russian Revolution, the Proskouriakoffs' brief visit became a relocation.

Proskouriakoff excelled in art and completed a degree in architecture. She entered the field of Mesoamerican archaeology in the mid-1930s as a draftsperson and artist for a University of Pennsylvania archaeological project in the Petén rainforest of Guatemala. During her career, which spanned fifty years, Proskouriakoff became known for her thorough scholarship. In her landmark work, An Album of Maya Architecture, Proskouriakoff combined her artistic talents and architectural background to produce a vision of ancient Maya sites, such as Copán and Chichen Itza, at the height of their grandeur. By the end of her life, she had become one of the premier scholars of Mayan civilization.

In this first full-length biography of Proskouriakoff, Char Solomon chronicles the life of this remarkable woman.

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Author: Char Solomon
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 12/16/2002
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.84w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780806134451

About the Author
Solomon, Char: -

Char Solomon, a freelance writer, researcher, and music teacher, served as a volunteer assistant to Tatiana Proskouriakoff from 1972 to 1973, when she worked on Proskouriakoff's catalog of Maya jade.

Tatiana Proskouriakoff: Interpreting the Ancient Maya