1916 
The two outstanding features of the year's activities 
are: first, a trip to Guatemala and Honduras with Dr. Morley 
to study the ruins, architectural and sculptural, of two great 
periods of American history, the periods that developed the 
amasing culture of the ancient Maya nations, and the later 
brilliant initial period of Spinint dominance in middle America; 
and second, the celebration of my seventieth birthday by a host 
of appreciative co-workers and friends. 
| It is not surprising that 1 gladly accepted, in Fobr dato: 
the invitation of Dr. Morley to join him on an excursion to 
Guatemala and Honduras, and I left Washington for New Orleans 
ae with necessary passports and letters of introduction -- 
the latter from John Barrett of the Bureau of American Republics, 
Pranklin Adams of the same Bureau, and Dre Re Se Woodward of 
the Carnegie Institute. I sailed at once for Belize, British 
er and proceeded thence by rail to Guatemala City. — 
My rather formal and brief account of the trip published 
in the Smithsonian explorations for 1916 may be introduced at 
this place: | 
eae February, 1916, W. H. Holmes, head curator of anthro- 
 pology, United States National Museum, had the good fortune to 
become a member of the Carnegie Institution's archeological ex-_ 
pedition to Central America under the direction of Sylvanus Ge 
Morley. Among the ancient cities visited was Antigua, the 
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