Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948
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The ancient MayaBook 1994
- Summary
- Sylvanus Griswold Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf of the Carnegie Institution and published several large compilations and treatises on Maya hieroglyphic writing. He also wrote popular accounts on the Maya for a general audience. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1883 [2]
- 1883-06-07 [5]
- Birth Place
- Chester (Pennsylvanie, États-Unis) [3]
- Chester [5]
- Died
- 1948 [2]
- 1948-09-02 [5]
- Death Place
- Santa Fé (New Mexico, États-Unis) [3]
- Santa Fe [5]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- archaeologist [5]
- epigrapher [5]
- historian [5]
- mayanist [5]
- Employer
- Carnegie Institution for Science [5]
- Educated at
- Harvard University [5]
- Widener University [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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