Ralph L. Roys

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Ralph L. Roys (born February 14, 1879 in Greenville , Michigan , † 1965 in Seattle , Washington ) was an anthropologist and historian with a research focus on post-classical Maya culture in Yucatán . He received international recognition primarily for his translations and analyzes of medical, historical and administrative texts written during the colonial era.

Life

Roys graduated with a PhB ( Bachelor of Philosophy ) from the University of Michigan in 1900 . He first joined the family's timber company and lived in Vancouver from 1911 to 1940 , interrupted from 1906 by regular trips to Mexico . His first scientific article on the Maya appeared in 1920 . In 1921 he made his first research trip to the Yucatan . He was a member of the Central American Research Institute at Tulane University in New Orleans and the Department of Historical Research at the Carnegie Institution of Washington(since 2007: Carnegie Institution for Science ). He was also Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington , honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland , and from 1965 - in recognition of his life's work in researching Mayan culture in Yucatán - an honorary doctorate at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán .

Works (selection)

  • The ethno-botany of the Maya , New Orleans / Los Angeles 1931 (= The Tulane University of Louisiana Middle American Research Series. Volume 2).
  • The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel , Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 438. Washington, DC 1933. ( PDF ), ( Htm )
  • The Titles of Ebtun , Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 505. Washington, DC 1939.
  • The Indian Background of Colonial Yucatan , Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, DC 1943.
  • (with France V. Scholes ) The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel: A Contribution to the History and Ethnography of the Yucatan Peninsula , Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 560. Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC 1948.
  • Political Geography of the Yucatan Maya , Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, DC 1957. ( excerpt )
  • Literary Sources for the History of Mayapan , in: Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico ( Harry ED Pollock , ed.), Pp. 24-86. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 619. Washington, DC 1957.
  • The Ritual of the Bacabs , Oklahoma 1965.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Roys, Ralph L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roys, Ralph Loveland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anthropologist and historian specializing in post-classical Maya culture in the Yucatán
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenville , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH 1965
Place of death Seattle , Washington