Laurette Séjourné
Laurette Séjourné (* 1914 in Italy ; † May 25, 2003 ) was a Franco-Mexican American scholar .
Laurette Séjourné was born in Italy, but was a French citizen who was later naturalized in Mexico. Since 1950 she worked as an archaeologist at the Instituto Nacional de Anthropología e Historia de México . There she worked for 15 years as a senior archaeologist in excavations, especially in Teotihuacán, and was able to uncover three large buildings painted with frescoes .
Fonts
- Burning water. Thought and Religion in Ancient Mexico , Mexico 1953
- Un palacio en la ciudad de los dioses , Mexico 1959
- Supervivencias de un mundo mágico, El Universo de Quetzalcóalt , Mexico 1962
- El universo de Quetzalcoatl , Mexico 1962
- El lenguaje de las formas en Teotihuacán , Mexico 1966
- Teotihuacan Métropole De L'amérique , Paris 1969
- Fischer World History Vol. 21: Old American Cultures (ed.), Fischer, Frankfurt 1971 ISBN 3-436-01353-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Laurette Séjourné in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Séjourné, Laurette |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Mexican American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2003 |