ARCHEOLOGY. 



Morley, Sylvanus G., Santa Fe, New Mexico. Research Associate in American 

 Archeology. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 13 and 14.) 



During the summer and fall of 1915 work on the inscriptions of 

 Copan, Honduras, was continued. After returning from the field in 

 June, Mr. Morley proceeded to Cambridge to examine the original 

 texts, casts, and photographs in the Peabody Museum, Harvard Uni- 

 versity, and to incorporate this material with the results of his previous 

 studies in a forthcoming monograph on the inscriptions at this site. 

 (Publication No. 219.) 



The 1916 Central American expedition took the field early in the 

 year, sailing from New Orleans for Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on 

 February 3 and returning to this country on June 5. During this 

 period the personnel of the part}^ changed several times. After the 

 highlands trip, Mr. A. W. Carpenter became the photographer and 

 continued in this capacity until the close of the season. 



Dr. George Underhill was the expedition physician for the Copan 

 and Tuluum trips, and Dr. Moise Lafleur for the Uaxactun trip. The 

 tragic death of the latter and of a guide, on May 17, in northern Peten, 

 has already been made the subject of a special report to the President 

 of the Institution. 



In addition to the foregoing regular members of the staff, the expe- 

 dition was peculiarly fortunate in having the services at one time or 

 another of several other collaborators who materially increased the 

 range of its activities. Mr. W. H. Holmes, Head Curator of Anthro- 

 pology at the U. S. National Museum, accompanied the party to the 

 ruins of Copan and made an archeological panorama of the site, which 

 he has kindly placed at the disposal of the Institution. Mr. S. K. 

 Lothrop, of Harvard University, was with the expedition until the 

 end of March. He made a number of maps and plans, including a 

 survey and archeological panorama of the ruins of Tuluum. Dr. T. 

 Gann, chief medical officer of British Honduras, made the Tuluum 

 trip for the purpose of copying the extensive mural paintings there, an 

 excellent representative series of which was secured. 



The itinerary of the expedition may be divided into four parts or 

 trips, each corresponding to a well-defined unit of work: (1) the 

 highlands of Guatemala; (2) the ruins of Copan, Honduras; (3) the 

 ruins of Tuluum, on the east coast of Yucatan, Mexico; (4) the ruins 

 of Uaxactun, northern Peten, Guatemala. 



The objectives of the first trip were the ruins of Chinkultic and 

 Ocosingo in the State of Chiapas, ]\Iexico, where hieroglyphic inscrip- 

 tions have been reported by Seler and others. Owing to revolutionarj^ 

 disturbances in this region, however, it was impossible to proceed 



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