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Mayanist is a term which has been in widespread use from the late 19th century onwards, to refer to scholars who have specialised in research and study of the Central American pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas

Mayanists working in this specialised field have drawn upon their expertise in many inter-related disciplines: archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, ethnology, history, photography/art, architecture, astronomy, ceramics, to name but a few. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Epigraphy (ἐπιγραφολογία from Greek ἐπιγραφή — "inscription" is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs engraved Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "habit custom convention" is the branch of Anthropology that compares and History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware

The term has particularly been adopted by those who have studied and contributed to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, the complex and elaborate writing system which was developed by the ancient Maya. The Maya script, also known as Maya hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently A writing system is a type of Symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in Language.

The term was coined by parallel with specialised fields studying other historical civilizations; see for example, Egyptologist (Ancient Egypt) and Assyriologist (Ancient Mesopotamia). A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements This is a partial list of Egyptologists. An Egyptologist is any Archaeologist, Historian, linguist, or Art historian who specializes in Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Assyriology (from Greek grc Ἀσσυρίᾱ Assyriā; and grc -λογία -logia) is the archaeological historical and linguistic study Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding

Notable deceased Mayanists

Notable living Mayanists

Linda Schele ( 30 October 1942 - 18 April, 1998) was a noted expert in the field of Maya Epigraphy and Iconography John Lloyd Stephens ( November 28, 1805 &ndash October 13, 1852) was an American explorer writer and diplomat Edward Herbert Thompson ( 28 September, 1857 - 11 May, 1935) was a United States born Archaeologist and Diplomat For other persons named Eric Thompson see Eric Thompson (disambiguation. Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck ( March 16, 1766 ? &ndash April 30, 1875) was a French Antiquarian, cartographer Gordon Randolph Willey ( 7 March, 1913 &ndash 28 April, 2002) was an American Archaeologist famous for his fieldwork in Michael D Coe (born 1929 is an American Archaeologist, Anthropologist, epigrapher and Author. Stephen D Houston (pronounced /ˈhaʊstən/ "HOW-stin" (b Dr David Stuart (born 1965) is a Mayanist scholar and Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. Karl Andreas Taube (born September 14, 1957)  is an American Mesoamericanist, Archaeologist, Epigrapher and ethnohistorian
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