William Saturno

William Andrew Saturno is an American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar who has made significant contributions toward the study of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. As of 2008 Saturno holds a position as assistant professor in Archaeology at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Prior to his position at BU, Saturno was a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire.

Most notably, he is credited with the discovery in 2001 of an the oldest extant murals yet discovered in the Maya region, at the site of San Bartolo in northeastern Guatemala.

References

: cite web |author=aut|Berdik, Chris |year=2008 |date=2008-01-03 |title=The Accidental Messenger: CAS prof finds oldest known rendering of Maya creation myth |url=http://www.bu.edu/alumni/bostonia/2008/winter/commonwealth/maya/index.html |format=online edition |work=Bostonia: Alumni Quarterly of Boston University |publisher=Office of New Media, Boston University |accessdate=2008-05-15

External links

* [http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/faculty/Saturno.htm Faculty profile page] , at CAS, Boston University
*http://www.nwbotanicals.org/mediawatch/mayan.htm
*http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=30724
*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080220/sc_nm/guatemala_maya_nasa_dc;_ylt=Agztyimv_0DHQu66VVRSx2txieAA

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