Diego Ruiz

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Diego Ruiz was a 19th-century Mexican surveyor credited with bringing the ancient Mesoamerican city of El Tajín to the attention of the wider world.

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Label Occurrences
Diego Ruiz canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican person ⓘ
human ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
activityLocation El Tajín ⓘ
associatedWith El Tajín archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: El Tajín

ancient Mesoamerican archaeology ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
contributedTo archaeological awareness of El Tajín ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mexico ⓘ
culturalContext 19th-century Mexican scientific exploration ⓘ
discovered El Tajín (to the wider world) ⓘ
linked to: El Tajín
era post-independence Mexico ⓘ
fieldOfWork land surveying ⓘ
topography ⓘ
heritage Mexican ⓘ
influenced subsequent archaeological investigations at El Tajín ⓘ
knownFor bringing El Tajín to wider scholarly attention ⓘ
reporting the ruins of El Tajín ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
notableEvent identification of El Tajín as an ancient city ⓘ
notableWork early description of El Tajín ⓘ
occupation surveyor ⓘ
placeOfWork Veracruz ⓘ
roleInHistory early documenter of pre-Columbian ruins in Mexico ⓘ
significance first modern report of El Tajín to authorities or scholars ⓘ
typeOfDiscovery archaeological site (El Tajín) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Tajín → discoverer → Diego Ruiz ⓘ