- Karl Sapper
Karl Theodor Sapper (1866–1945) was a German traveller, explorer,
antiquarian and linguist, who is known for his research into thenatural history , cultures and languages ofCentral America around the turn of the 20th century.Sapper spent over twelve years (1888–95) [As cited in Dienhart (1997), [http://maya.hum.sdu.dk/mayabiblioauth.html "Data sources listed by author"] .] traveling through much of Central America, and in the process published a number of scientific works on aspects from
vulcanology toMesoamerican languages to descriptions and maps of Maya archaeological sites. [Hirst, (n.d.)]Sapper's contributions to the study of Mesoamerican languages include his initial proposal, made in a 1912 paper, which surmised that the highland regions of Chiapas and
Guatemala was the location from which theMayan languages and theMaya peoples later diversified. [Fernández de Miranda (1968), p.75.] The assessment of a number of modern linguists places the likely home of theProto-Mayan language as being centered around theCuchumatanes highlands of Guatemala, with a subsequent early occupancy of the Chiapas highlands proper. [See for example Campbell (1997), p.165.]Footnotes
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