The Archaeologist Was a Spy: Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence - Brossura

Harris, Charles H., III; Sadler, Louis R.

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ISBN 10: 0826329381 ISBN 13: 9780826329387

Casa editrice: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2009

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Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) has been highly regarded for over a century for his archaeological work among the Maya pyramids. As director of the Carnegie Archaeological Program, he supervised the reconstruction of Chichen Itza, one of today's most visited sites in Central America.

Harris and Sadler present information showing Morley used his archaeological skills and contacts to covertly spy for the U. S. Office of Naval Intelligence during World War I. His primary charge was to detect and report German activity along the more than 1200 miles of eastern Central American and Mexican coastlines. To aid him in this special "fieldwork," Morley recruited other archaeologists, assigned them specific territories in which to work, and, together, they maintained a constant vigil.

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Sylvanus G. Morley was the most influential Mayan archaeologist of his generation and perhaps the greatest American spy of WWI. Harris and Sadler document for the first time Morley's dual career as a scholar and a spy. Working for the Office of Naval Intelligence, he proved an invaluable source of information about German and anti-American activity in Mexico and Central America.

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• Editore: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826329381
• ISBN 13: 9780826329387
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 450