Dr. George Byron Gordon with seated figure in Hieroglyphic Staircase

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Object Number 2004.29.7834

Display Title Dr. George Byron Gordon with seated figure in Hieroglyphic Staircase

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: Honduras / Copan / Great seated figure brought to life [light] in the Excavation of the Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copan. / Geo Byron Gordon at left. contact print from glass Neg. N1926

Keywords

Archaeological

Subject

Excavation
Site
Ruin

Department Photographic

Date 1889-1903

Culture

Lowland Maya

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Honduras / Copan / <County> / Copan / Copan

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.1.324.17	Dr. George Byron Gordon		North America
	2004.24.28714	Prof. F.W. Putnam with George Byron Gordon in Office at Peabody Museum		Peabody Museum
Image Not Available for Correspondence from George Byron Gordon to Charles P. Bowditch concerning whether the Maya used an ordinal system.	2018.1.28	Correspondence from George Byron Gordon to Charles P. Bowditch concerning whether the Maya used an ordinal system.		Cambridge
	2004.24.28511	G.B. Gordon and plan of Copan, Honduras		Copan
Image Not Available for George Byron Gordon correspondence	96-35-00/1	George Byron Gordon correspondence		Central America
	2003.14.67	Gordon Willey (2nd from left),Univ. of AZ archaeology students, Byron Cummings
	2004.29.7828	G. B. Gordon, Lincoln and Shorkley - members of expedition to Copan. In the Great Plaza		Copan
	2004.1.383.54	Zoomorph B, with people seated on top, George B. Gordon Camp in background		Quirigua
	2004.1.383.38	Hieroglyphic stairway, seated figure with George B. Gordon		Copan
Image Not Available for Gordon Willey field notebooks and notes	2018.1.23	Gordon Willey field notebooks and notes		South America Central America North America Barton Ramie
	2004.24.520	Group in Great Plaza, including George B. Gordon, Edmund Lincoln and George Shorkley		Copan
	50-63-20/18489	"The Hieroglyphic Stairway."	Painting	Copan

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