Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Memoirs Volume 1, Numbers 1-6

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Author: George Byron Gordon (1870–1927) and Edward H. Thompson Year: 1896-1902 Publisher: Peabody Museum Press Place: Cambridge Description: iv+[187]-194. Number 1 Prehistoric Ruins of Copan, Honduras: A Preliminary Report of the Explorations by the Musueum 1891-1895 . iv-48 pages figures, plates and appendix; Number 2 Cave of Loltun, Yucatan: Report of Explorations of the Museum, 1888-89 and 1890-91 . 22 pages with maps, figures and plates; Number 3 The Chultunes of Labna, Yucatan, Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888-89 and 1890-92 20 pages with figures and plates; Number 4 Researches in the Uloa Valley, Honduras, Report on Exploration by the Museum 1896-97 44 pages with color frontispiece, figures, map and plates; Number 5 Caverns of Copan, Honduras, Report of Explorations by the Museum 1896-97 12 pages with map, figures and plate; Number 6 The Hieroglyphic Stairway Ruins of Copan 38 pages with figures and plates; index bound in front. First edition. Folio (14" x 11 1/2") bound in half leather with black label and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. First edition. The first six numbers of volume I of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Memoirs began a series of publications in larger format in order to provide for larger plates. The Preliminary reports of of the explorations of Copan is intended to give only a general description of the ruins and a summary of the work of several Museum expeditions to Honduras. from 1891 to 1895. The fol

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