OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9925

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Title:		Central American materials, John Alden Mason Papers
Contributor:		Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
		Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963
		Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
		Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975
		Sayles, E. B. (Edwin Booth), 1892-1977
		Harris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909-1992
		Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994
		McQuown, Norman A.
		Weitlaner, Robert J., 1883-1968
		Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002
Date:		1926-1959
Description:		The Central America materials, John Alden Mason Papers include correspondence regarding linguistic, archaeological, and ethnological work in Mexico and Guatemala; meetings; etc. Regarding archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama. Regarding Piedras Negras, Guatemala; Chichen Itza; archaeological work in Guatemala and Mexico. Regarding archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and Texas. Regarding Pima; Yaqui; Piedras Negras, Guatemala; Maya glyphs and architecture; archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and British Honduras. The bulk of the material is from 1933-1939 and concerns archaeological work at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Some discussion of the Mayan calendar, the ruins at Yaxchilan, Mexico, and a 1953 expedition to the Caracol Ruins, Honduras. Scholarly materials: Article for [Lilly de Jongh] Osborne's handbook of Guatemala regarding the ruins of Piedras Negras, Guatemala. A paper entitled, "Los cuatro grandes filones linguisticos de Mexico y Centroamerica" for the International Congress of Americanists, Mexico, August 1939. A paper read at meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 1938, on the genetic classification of Middle American languages. Bibliographies of books and a few manuscripts on Indians of Central America, Mexico, and South America; letter from Zelig Harris to Mason; Mason's reply. Paper sent to Mason to be read at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Discusses Hokan-Siouan Phylum, Tarascan, Macro-Otomanguean Phylum, Macro-Penutian Phylum, and Macro-Chibchan Phylum. Notes on genetic relationships and geographic distribution. Mostly from published sources. A compilation and juxtaposition of various opinions. A talk given before Sociedad de geografia e historia de Guatemala regarding the architecture of Piedras Negras. English original which was translated into Spanish for publication in Anales 15 (December 1938): pages 202-216. A paper "Middle American Linguistics, 1955" by Norman A. McQuown; draft of a paper by Mason discussing that of McQuown; a copy of Mason's paper as delivered at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 17, 1955, Boston; a copy of Mason's paper as corrected for correspondence with Robert J. Weitlaner and Gordon R. Willey.
Extent:		Circa 455 leaves; circa 635 pages;
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9925
Language:		Spanish
		English
Language (ISO639):		spa
		eng
Spatial Coverage:		Chichen Itza
Subject:		Maya
		Linguistics
		Archaeology
		Guatemala--History
		Honduras--History
		Architecture
		Geography
Type:		Correspondence
		Essays
		Drafts
		Notes
		Bibliographies
Type (DCMI):		Text
Type (OLAC):		primary_text
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Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9925
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Citation:		Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967; Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963; Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955; Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975; Sayles, E. B. (Edwin Booth), 1892-1977; Harris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909-1992; Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994; McQuown, Norman A.; Weitlaner, Robert J., 1883-1968; Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002. 1926-1959. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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