Proskouriakoff, Tatiana (Avenirovna) (1909–1985)

Russian-born US archaeologist and illustrator who became a pioneer scholar of Maya culture, making outstanding contributions on Maya hieroglyphics and monuments. She held posts at the Carnegie Institution in 1939 and Harvard's Peabody Museum 1958–77. She won the 1962 Kidder Medal.

She was born in Tomsk and emigrated to the USA as a child. She trained as an architect, and started her career as an archaeological illustrator.