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Central America -- Antiquities

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 279
Scope and Contents Containts transcripts, printers' proofs, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, personal correspondence, 44 original manuscripts, imprints, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, notes, memoranda, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. Many of the items are reproductions. The materials relate to the languages history and archaeology of the Indian peoples of Central...
Dates: 1524-1947

Paul A. E. Henning papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 300
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, diaries, manuscripts of writings, and notes on hieroglyphics and other archaeological studies. Also included are photographs pertaining to Mexico and to Central American Indian civilizations, especially those of the Aztec and Maya Indians. The materials include information on Indian myths and legends.

Dates: 1600-1924

Mesoamerican C-14 dates revised

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243989]
Identifier: MSS SC 613
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. This paper was delivered at the Mesoamerican seminar at Brigham Young University on 19 Feb. 1976.

Dates: 1976

John L. Sorenson correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2836
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten correspondence. The materials are to and from various archaeologists at numerous universities and colleges in the United States. Sorenson corresponds about issues relating to the Indians of South and Central America and the archaeolgy of those regions.

Dates: 1953-1975

Ruth Verrill archaeology papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1392
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, research notes, and drafts for publications. The collection relates to the archaeology and history of Central and South America and how the cultures of these areas compare with other regions of the world.

Dates: 1950-1970