Zelia Nuttall

Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (6 September 1857 – 12 April 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Aztec Mexican cultures and pre-Columbian manuscripts. She discovered two forgotten manuscripts of this type in private collections, one of them being the Codex Zouche-Nuttall. She decodec the Aztec calendar stone and was one of the first to identify and recognise artefacts dating back to the pre-Aztec period.

Zelia Nuttall
Zelia Nuttall
Born
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall

September 6, 1857
San Francisco, United States
DiedApril 12, 1933(1933-04-12) (aged 75)
Casa de Alvarado, Coyoacán, Mexico
Resting placePanteón Americano Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Occupationarchaeologist
Known forMexican archaeology
Spouse
(m. 1880; div. 1888)
ChildrenNadine Nuttall Laughton (née Pinart)
Parent(s)Robert Kennedy Nuttall
Magdalena Parrott
RelativesGeorge Nuttall (brother)
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