what's the most important contribution of the last scholar you mentioned?
He is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica
Yuri Knorozov
who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
what was the most important god to the maya culture Death gods what is the geographical area covered by this civilization? It occupied a wide territory that included southeastern Mexico and northern Central America. when did the civilization reach its peak? Classic period  between A.D 250 to A.D 900 can you name some major cities that flourished during this time? UNANSWERABLE were these people ever conquered by europeans? Yes, a Spanish caravel was wrecked in the Caribbean, and about a dozen survivors made landfall on the coast of Yucatán when did the modern academic investigation of this culture begin? In 1839 till 1960s can you name some pioneering scholars who studied it? John Lloyd Stephens,  Alfred Maudslay and Teoberto Maler,  J. Eric S. Thompson,  Heinrich Berlin, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Yuri Knorozov and others
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Yuri Knorozov [SEP] Introduction
Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (alternatively Knorosov; ; November 19, 1922 – March 31, 1999) was a Soviet linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.