Show TO 10 GIVE A LITTLE CHAT CHATON CHATON ON RECENT DISCOVERIES OF Or ANCIENT MAYA RUINS Lantern Slide Talk from Pictures Fl Furnished h by Carnegie Institution INTERESTING INTERESTING A ARCHEOLOGY On Thursday Nov Frank Senior will give gh ghea a little conversational talk on Eon the subject of or the tho ancient Mayas 1 from about 97 B. B C. C down to the time of the Spanish Conquest He Ho will show in lantern slide views various scenes taken from photos furnished by the Carnegie Institution of oC their own l la labors In- In bors hors in that field The talk will bring out their sculpture the use of that sculpture in the embellishment and enriching of the tho temples and later later later la la- ter architecture and lead up to the wonderful timo time keeping Inv in invented invented In- In v vented by them which has been characterized by scientific men of oC international authority as being the greatest intellectual achievement of or prehistoric America The talk will take the worship of the great plumed serpent and the possible infiltration of of snake worship up north tracing the extent of its spread until we find tho the Hopi Hop Snake Dance of Arizona and anda a few pictographs of snakes on the rocks in Utah which may be a varIant variant variant var var- of or the for far south religious be be- lief Trade relations were held by br Yucatan with Old 1 and that In turn torn with the Pueblo Indians of or New Mexico so that turquoise mined mined rained min rain ed near Santa Sant Fe found Cound Its way beneath beneath beneath be be- neath an altar in ancient Maya 1 parrot parrot parrot par par- rot feathers native to tropical climes were wore bartered for articles up north and the Zunis have them Copper bells similar to those found in the Sacred Well at Chicheu Chichen Itza have been found In several ancient ruins In New Mexico 1 and Arizona And photos of the pretty little temple discovered as late as 1928 in tun will be shown as well as The The Temple of the Warriors at Chichen I Itza These and other topics will be bethe the subject of oC the little conversation of or that evening to bring out the interest interest interest in in- terest that keeps men absorbed in archeology In other wor words s If you want to remain sane adopt a perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- good hobb hobby and go crazy over It If you are interested come out that night and be inflicted The torture torture tor- tor ture tuie will last only an hour and then good eats will leave a pleasant taste in everybody's mouth The most spectacular archeology of the New World is found in Old Mexico and Yucatan and adjoining areas Vast sums of oC money have been spout spent in exploration The Peabody Peabody Peabody Pea- Pea body Museum 1 and the Carnegie In Institutions Institutions In- In have conducted there extending over ver several years and the tile latter institution has kindly sent Mr 11 Beckwith some photos of their activity ity which makes possible this talk The talk will be within the limits of authenticated scientific findings as published by the leading archeologists archeologists arched of the world with no wild theories interjected nor Idle speculations speculations speculations lations indulged in It will recount soberly some of ot the wonders that found there there there- and that will are be wonder enough Come out ut f if th the subject interests you |