Miguel Paz

"So much still to learn about the Aztecs. It's people like you and I who will discover more of their lost secrets."

- Miguel Paz to Indiana Jones

Professor Miguel Paz was one of Mexico's leading archaeologists and taught at a university in Mexico City.

During Indiana Jones' later life, Professor Paz invited Jones to his Aztec excavation in the city and acted as his guide for the duration of his stay.

Behind the scenes
Miguel Paz was created by John Malam for Indiana Jones Explores The Aztecs. Due to the Indiana Jones Explores series' categorization in Indycron continuity database as non-fiction, despite being written from an in-universe perspective by Indiana Jones, Paz's role in Jones's canonical life is unclear.

Dating in the book (published in 1991) would require Jones to have written the account of his time with Paz in or after 1980, while the event itself seems to take after 1978. Nevertheless, the two archaeologists visiting Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology, opened in 1964, would firmly set Jones's trip after the events in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 1957.