Excerpt from A Preliminary Study of the Prehistoric Ruins of Nakum, Guatemala: A Report of the Peabody Museum Expedition, 1909-1910The Peabody Museum Expedition of 1909 like so many other expeditions to Central America of this Museum, is due to the generosity and to the interest of that friend of the Museum who has made possible more than all others combined the accumulation of knowledge of Central America and the Maya civilization.The personal thanks and gratitude of the author of this report are due especially to Mr. Raymond E. Merwin, who accompanied him on this expedi tion. Mr. Merwin made all the surveys on which the map of Nakum is based and also took the photographs which accompany this report.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.