María de la Cruz Paillés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paillés and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

María de la Cruz Paillés
María de la Cruz Paillés in October 1963
Born(1941-11-20)20 November 1941
Died27 July 2020(2020-07-27) (aged 78)
Alma materNational School of Anthropology and History
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Known forStudies on Mesoamerican Preclassic period cultures
Scientific career
FieldsPre-Columbian archaeology and anthropology
InstitutionsInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

María de la Cruz Paillés Hernández (20 November 1941 – 27 July 2020) was a Mexican archaeologist, recognised for her studies on Mesoamerican Preclassic period cultures.

Her most renowned works are the excavations at pre-Columbian archaeological sites of Izapa and Las Bocas in Mexico.

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