Miguel León-Portilla is a historian of Mesoamerica who lives in Mexico City.

In this portrait he discusses how he became interested in the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica and describes his research on Mesoamerica, the Maya language, the codices, and Baja California.

Topics:
Biography
Mesoamerica
The Word
Baja California

Transcripts:
English
Spanish

Photo Captions/Credits

Library Links:
Miguel León-Portilla, "Excerpt from: Pre-Columbian Literatures of Mexico"