The Chultunes of Labna, Yucatan: Report of Explorations By the Museum, 1888-89, and 1890-91, Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. I, Nos. 3

Author: Edward Herbert Thompson (1857-1935)Year: 1970Publisher: Kraus Reprint Company Place: New York Description: 20 pages followed by 13 plates with line drawings in text. Folio (14" x 11") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume I, Number 3. First published in 1897. During a visit to Yucatan in 1888, Mr. Charles P. Bowditch was impressed with the importance of archaeological research in this land of ancient culture. On his return to Boston, he interested several friends of the Museum to join him in the project of carrying on explorations in this region under the auspices of the Museum. Mr. Edward H. Thompson, who, as United States Consul to Merida, had been living in Yucatan for several years, was engaged to direct and to conduct the work on the part of the Museum. Water in central and northern Yucatán is scarce during the dry season, in particular. The peninsula lacks surface rivers and relies on cenotes, o