Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Volume IV Number 3: Explorations in the department of Peten Guatemala and Adjacent Region Motul de San Jose; Peten-Itza

Author: Teobert Maler (1842-1917)Year: 1910Publisher: Published by Peabody Museum PressPlace: CambridgeDescription: 131-170+[2 plate] pages with diagrams. Folio (14 1/4" x 11 1/4") bond in original publisher's wrappers. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology  and Ethnology, Harvard University, Volume IV Number 3. First edition,  Teobert Maler settled in Yucatán with small house in the town of Ticul, where he set up a photographic studio and learned the Maya language. However he spent most of his time in the forests, accompanied by a few Maya to help clear the jungle from the ruins and carry Maler's photographic equipment. He started off visiting major sites already well-known, such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal, but zealously followed all leads and became the first to document many new ruins. At Chichen, he lived in the ruins for 3 months, and documented the site much more fully than had earlier visitors. Over the next years, Maler also made investigations of many remote sit