Alfred Maudslay

Alfred Percival Maudslay, interior of southern chamber, Casa de Monjas at Chichen Itza, 1889
Quiriguá, 1883 Brooklyn Museum
Copan. Stela H., 1885 Brooklyn Museum

Alfred Percival Maudslay (18 March 1850 – 22 January 1931) was a British colonial administrator and archaeologist. He pioneered the careful archaeological study of the Maya ruins and the results of his field work were presented in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Archaeology (1889–1902). The massive five volume set continues to serve as an important work of reference for the study of Maya culture. In 1908, he made a complete translation, with annotations, of Bernal Díaz del Castillo's Historia. His translation remains the standard English edition.