In the mid-20th century, Tatiana Proskouriakoff was one of very few women within the field of Maya archeology. Learn how she cracked an important puzzle in understanding ancient Maya history. http://www.pbs.org/nova/mayacode "Cracking the Maya Code" is a NOVA Production in association with Night Fire Films and ARTE France. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for "Cracking the Maya Code" is provided by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional funding provided by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0407101. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/mayacode
