Word: copan
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will be of interest to those who have visited the Central American room in the Peabody Museum to know that there is now in press a general report on the explorations carried on by the Museum at Copan in Honduras during the years 1891-95. This report will form the first number of the Memoirs of the Peabody Museum, a large quarto publication. It will contain a general account of the several explorations with descriptions of the prominent monoliths and sculptures and a number of illustrations. These illustrations, some of which are in the text, and others in the form...
...announcement of the last meeting of the Canadian Club, Mr. G. B. Gordon was named as leader of the Honduras Expedition. Mr. Gordon wishes to say that the leader was Mr. J. G. Owens, who, while conducting the expedition, died at Copan. The secretary regrets the mistake, which was due to the fact that Mr. Gordon was in charge of the expedition at its close...
...graduated from Bucknell University, after which he entered the Graduate School here. He was a special assistant in the department of ethnology for archaeological work in Honduras and Guatemale. Last winter he was engaged as a member of the Peabody Museum Honduras expedition in exploring the ancient city of Copan and this winter was placed in charge of that work...