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Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (1883–1948)| US archaeologist. After 1914 he conducted annual excavations for nearly 40 years, notably at Copán, Honduras; Petén, Guatemala; and (1924–34) Chichén Itzá, Mexico. Morley also wrote important works on Mayan hieroglyphics. |
| Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, he trained as a civil engineer before studying archaeology at Harvard. He obtained major funding for Maya research from the Carnegie Institution. |
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