# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvanus-morley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:12:52.981Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvanus-morley"
name: "Sylvanus Morley"
slug: "sylvanus-morley"
description: "Sylvanus Griswold Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf of the Carnegie Institution and published several large compilations and treatises on Maya hieroglyphic writing. He also wrote popular accounts on the Maya for a general audience."
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birthDate: "1883-06-07"
deathDate: "1948-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump