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The Copan Sculpture Museum: Ancient Maya Artistry in Stucco and Stone

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<h4>Peabody Museum Press, September 2011</h4><h5>Barbara W. Fash</h5>

With illustrations and archaeological context, Barbara Fash, director of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum, discusses the global significance of a Honduran museum dedicated to the ancient Maya stone carvings in Copan.

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