| LC control no. | n 82056805 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ruz Lhuillier, Alberto, 1906-1979 |
| Variant(s) | Lhuillier, Alberto Ruz, 1906-1979 Ruz, Albert François Charles, 1906-1979 Ruz, Alberto, 1906-1979 Ruz L., Alberto (Ruz Lhuillier), 1906-1979 |
| Associated country | Mexico |
| Located | Havana (Cuba) |
| Birth date | 1906-01-27 |
| Death date | 1979-08-25 |
| Place of birth | 8e Arrondissement (Paris, France) |
| Place of death | Montréal (Québec) |
| Field of activity | Archaeology |
| Affiliation | Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico) Musée de l'homme (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle) École des langues orientales vivantes (France) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico) |
| Profession or occupation | Archaeologists |
| Found in | His Campeche en la arqueología maya, 1945. Homenaje a Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, 1981: t.p. (1906-1979) Soc. Mex. de Antropología. Mesa Redonda (11th : 1966 : Mexico City, Mexico). Teotihuacán, 1972: p. 2 of cover (Alberto Ruz L.) El pueblo maya, [1993] : title page (Alberto Ruz) presentación, page [4] (Alberto Ruz Lhuillier) dedication page [7] (Alberto Ruz Lhuillier died 25 Aug 1979) bibliography, pages [225]-235 (entry varies: Ruz, Alberto; Ruz Lhuillier, Alberto [the predominant form]) Wikipedia, viewed 30 Sep 2021 (Alberto Ruz Lhuillier was a French-Mexican archaeologist; born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris 27 Jan 1906 as Albert François Charles Ruz, died in Montréal 25 Aug 1979; specialized in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeology; known for having directed the excavations at Palenque and for having discovered the tomb of K'inich Janaab' Pakal; after attending high school in Havana (his father was from Cuba), he was educated in Mexico (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia) and France (Musée de l'Homme and École des Langues Orientales); became a Mexican citizen in 1936; worked at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, notably as director of the seminar on Maya culture; took over responsibility for research at Palenque in 1945 for the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia; in honor of his work, the Mexican government allowed his remains to be buried opposite the necropolis he had discovered at Palenque) <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ruz_Lhuillier> |
| Associated language | spa |
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