Ignacio Bernal (February 13, 1910 in Paris - January 24, 1992 in Mexico City) was an eminent Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist.
Bernal excavated much of Monte Albán, originally starting as a student of Alfonso Caso, and later led major archeological projects at Teotihuacan. In 1965 he excavated Dainzú.[1] He was the director of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology 1962-68 and again 1970–77. In 1965, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2] Bernal was awarded the Premio Nacional in 1969. He was a founding member of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 1983.
Biography
Bernal was the son of Rafael and Rafaela (Garcia Pimentel) Bernal. He married Sofia Verea on October 14, 1944 and had four children: Ignacio, Rafaela, Carlos, and Concepcion. He received his M.A. from the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico in 1946 and his Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in 1949.[3] His younger brother was the novelist Rafael Bernal.
Books
Bernal's many publications include:[3]
- Ancient Mexico in Colour (1979)
- A History of Mexican Archaeology: the Vanished Civilizations of Middle America (1980). London, Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-78008-0
- Mexico Before Cortez: Art, History, Legend (1963)
- The Mexican National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico (1968)
- The Olmec World. Berkeley, University of California Press. (1969)
and
- Paddock, J., & Bernal, I. (1966). Ancient Oaxaca; Discoveries in Mexican Archeology and History. Stanford, Calif, Stanford University Press.
Awards
- H.H.D., University of Americas[3]
- L.H.D. (Doctor of Humane Letters), University of California, Berkeley[3]
- LL.D. (Doctor of Laws), St. Mary's University[3]
- National Science Award, Mexico[3]
References
- ^ "Dainzú at INAH (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
External links
- Bio details, Colegio Nacional (in Spanish)
- Bio details, Colegio Ignacio Bernal (in Spanish)
- Bio details, Minnesota State University
- 1910 births
- 1992 deaths
- 20th-century Mesoamericanists
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico)
- Mesoamerican archaeologists
- Mexican anthropologists
- Mexican Mesoamericanists
- Mixtec scholars
- Teotihuacan scholars
- Zapotec scholars
- Mexican archaeologists
- TWAS fellows
- 20th-century archaeologists
- 20th-century anthropologists
- Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
- Mexican expatriates in France
- Mexican scientist stubs
- Archaeologist stubs
- Mesoamerica stubs