Overview
The records contain original field records pertaining to the Peabody Museum Expedition (directed by Professor Gordon R. Willey) to Altar de Sacrificios, a lowland Maya site located on the Rio Pasion in the southwestern portion of the Department of Peten, Guatemala .
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1963 (bulk)
Creator
- Peabody Museum Expedition to Altar de Sacrificios (Organization)
Extent
1.5 linear feetThe papers contain original field records, including field notebooks, catalogue number ledgers, negatives and subsequent analyses of ceramics.
Biographical / Historical
The Peabody Museum Expedition to Altar de Sacrificios, a lowland Maya site on the Rio Pasion, in the southwestern portion of the Department of Peten, Guatemala, was directed by Bowditch Professor Gordon R. Willey from 1959 to 1963. The Expedition was undertaken "to fill in a part of this southern Peten geographic gap in our knowledge of lowland Maya archaeology." (Willey1973:5). Research areas included: epigraphy, ceramic analyses, settlement patterns, influences of Teotihuacan and the Toltec, and chronology. Principal investigators included: Dr. Willey, A. Ledyard Smith, Richard E.W. Adams, John A. Graham, Frank B. Saul, W.R. Bullard, Jr., and John Ladd. The results of the expedition were published (see references below). Type collections, primarily of ceramics, from the site may be found in the Museum's artifact collections (accessions 58-38; 63-33).
Physical Location
Peabody Museum Archives
Immediate Source of Acquisition
58-38 63-33
These records may be viewed as an extension of accession files 58-38 and 63-33.
General note
Collections records may contain language, reflecting past collecting practices and methods of analysis, that is no longer acceptable. The Peabody Museum is committed to addressing the problem of offensive and discriminatory language present in its database. Our museum staff are continually updating these records, adding to and improving content. We welcome your feedback and any questions or concerns you may want to share.
Processed by
V. Swerdlow; 6/10/1987 edited by Patricia H. Kervick, Associate Archivist; August 2009
Creator
- Peabody Museum Expedition to Altar de Sacrificios (Organization)
- Title
- Altar de Sacrificios: Records of the Peabody Museum Expedition: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Peabody Museum Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- pea00042
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Museum Archives Repository
Papers in the Peabody Museum Archives consist of primary source materials that document the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic research and fieldwork since its founding in 1866. More than 2,800 feet of archival paper collections contain documents, papers, manuscripts, correspondence, data, field notes, maps, plans, and other historical records that represent diverse peoples from around the world, and which were created or collected by the Museum, its individual affiliates, or related entities. The collections also document the history or provenience, as well as the creation of, many of the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections.