ARCHEOLOGY. 



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

 ology. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 13, 14, and 15.) 



During the autumn, winter, and spring of 1916-17 work was con- 

 tinued on the inscriptions of Copan, Honduras, and was brought 

 almost to a close. An examination of all the available texts was 

 completed, and there remains only the preparation of a concluding 

 chapter, appendices, index, and tables. This work was suspended in 

 April, when the 1917 Central-American expedition took the field, sail- 

 ing from New Orleans for Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on April 26, 

 under instructions to make an archeological reconnaissance of Central 

 America, so far as that might be practicable. Mr. Morley was accom- 

 panied by Mr. John Held, jr., of New York, as artist, and the expedition 

 will remain in the field indefinitely. 



The first trip was an archeological reconnaissance of western Hon- 

 duras, the itinerary of which is shown in figure 1, together with the 

 locations of the new sites discovered. The expedition left Zacapa, 

 Guatemala, on May 15, going first to the ruins of Copan, Honduras, 

 where several days were spent in drawing and photographing the new 

 texts, which had been discovered since the previous visit in March 

 1916. One of these, a fragmentary stela, to which the number 24 was 



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ARCHAf OUOCIC AU S ITES 

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1 ITINERARY, CENTKAU 



AMtRICAN £)(PE0lTlON,l9l7 



Fio. 1. — Map showing the itinerary of the 1917 Central American Expedition, 

 and the cities of the eastern Maya frontier. 



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