#  Mesoamerican Lab 

 



       ![Student in Meso Lab](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/peabody/files/meso_banner_lorena_gallery_2000x500.jpg?itok=PyfKg6SW) 

 

 



 

 



 

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##  Gordon R. Willey Laboratory for Mesoamerican Studies 

The Mesoamerican Laboratory, or "Meso Lab", is dedicated to research in Mesoamerican archaeology, ethnology, epigraphy, and iconography, and provides working and meeting space for students and faculty year-round.

The lab fosters collaborations between the Harvard faculty, students, museum staff, outside scholars, and countries with Mesoamerican archaeological sites and descendant communities through internships, study projects, and fieldwork.



 

##  Projects 

 



  [### Ceramic Type Collections Project

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   ![Tray of ceramics being analyzed.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/carballo_with_tray.jpg?itok=aSymRvsE) 

 

 

 

  [### Copan Acropolis Tunnel Conservation Plan Project

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   ![3d transparent map of archaeological tunnel system beneath Structure 26 of Copan Honduras](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/tunnels_26_600x400.jpg?itok=-OPT_ptm) 

 

 

 

  [### Copan Archaeological and Conservation Project

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   ![Three people conducting restoration on a stucco facade in a tunnel, Copan, Honduras](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/copan_tunnelresotration_600x400.jpg?itok=6At0Jos4) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 [People involved chevron\_right](/mesoamerican-lab-staff) 

 



      ![Honduran Co-Directors at Harvard's International Workshop on the Copan Tunnel Conservation](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/peabody/files/mesolabcodirectors.jpg?itok=njPfdN7S)