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He prepared for a trip down to Mexico and Central America in 1956 by trying to take out Morley's Ancient Maya from the public library, only to discover that the book had been stolen. But his library trip was not in vain. He met Joan Ablon, who told him about exciting Texas discoveries in archaeology and the Dallas Archaeological Society. She was working at the library between undergraduate training and graduate training at Chicago with Sol Tax.

Renowned Maya archaeologist Sylvanus Morley with Quirigua Stela F. Photo after Jesse L. Nusbaum, Courtesy Museum of New Mexico. From the archives of the PARI Journal.