Word: willey
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Gordon R. Willey, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology, will direct the work, which is financed by a National Science Foundation grant. His chief assistant will be A. Ledyard Smith, Assistant Curator of Middle American Archaeology at the Peabody Museum. Two students, John A. Graham 1G and Albert H. Norweb '59 will complete the group...
...site of the diggings, the Altar de Sacrificios, is near the meeting of the Rio Pasion and the Rio Choxy, in the Department of Peten. Although a Peabody Museum expedition discovered the center in 1895, Professor Willey made the preliminary explorations only last year...
...Willey hopes to begin excavating in 1960. The diggings may resolve at least the questions of the pattern of Maya cities and the reason for the Mayas' sudden disappearance from the area...
...Willey, director of the Maya program at the Peabody Museum since 1949, and Norweb also plan to spend some time on an archaeological survey in Nicaragua...
...Carlton Willey, a 21-game winner for Wichita last year, overcame a lack of confidence in his curve through the efforts of Geraghty and Wichita Pitching Coach Ted Wilks. Righthander Willey was made to throw curves in tight situations. His catcher would insist on the curve, even after Willey shook off the signal. Result: 27-year-old Willey developed the sharp-breaking stuff he needed to become a starter. He went up to the Braves in June, has pitched three shutouts, won eight, lost three. Last week he whipped Philadelphia twice. 14-3 and io. Willey...