– William Fash initiated (with Barbara Fash and Rudy Larios) and directs this project, which started in 1985 but is currently unfinished. In 1987, Fash was awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship for this project, whose purpose is "to record and protect Copan’s hundreds of stone mosaic sculptures." To give an idea of the extent of the project, involves all of Copan's Principle group and preservation of its Hieroglyphic Stairway. Copan Acropolis Archaeological Project (1988–1997) – Fash directed this project for 8 years (1988–1996), it involved the excavation of temples, courts, and tombs at Copan. Like the Copan Mosaics Project, this project also aided the architectural sculpture cataloguing process. Other researchers that assisted this project include Robert Sharer and Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle. Harvard Field School in Maya Archaeology at Copan, Honduras – Fash directed this project for 6 years. From 2000 to 2003 he co-directed Xalla Palace Project at Teotihuacan, Mexico, with Leonardo López Luján and Linda Manzanilla. From 2007 to 2013 Fash directed the Rastrojón Archaeological Project (, PARACOPAN), a programme of Rescue archaeology and conservation at Rastrojón, a Classical Maya site close to Copán. Conservation William Fash has had director positions for two museums, he was the Executive Director for The Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois University from 1987–1992, and is the Director of the Peabody Museum at Harvard, as previously mentioned. He has also participated in several Museum exhibits and conservation efforts. He served as Interim Director of The Programa Integral de Conservacion del Parque Archeologico Copan, one of the conservation efforts that involve the participation of several organizations including the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, Harvard University, the Getty Conservation Institute, and UNESCO. The involvement of UNESCO shows the importance of Fash’s work on a global level. The 1992 Royal Scribes Tomb Exhibit, at the Regional Museum of Maya Archaeology in Copan, shows one example of an exhibit he assisted. References External links Askew, Marc et al. (2010) Heritage and Globalisation, S. Labadi and C. Long (eds.), New York, New York: Routledge. Asociacion Copan (2008). http://www.asociacioncopan.org/ Canuto, Marcello A. (2009). Curriculum Vita. http://parep.research.yale.edu/Website/documents/MACcv.pdf Copan Maya Foundation (2008). http://www.copanmaya.org/index.php/maya-history/timelines/copan-archeology-timeline Fash, William L. (2009). Curriculum Vita. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/fash/docs/cv.pdf Fash, Barbara W. (2003). Copan Archive and Database Project. Famsi. http://www.famsi.org/reports/00042/00042Fash01.pdf Williamson, Ricard V. (1996). Excavations, Interpretations, and Implications of the Earliest Structures Beneath Structure 10L-26 at Copan, Honduras. Tulane University. http://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publications/rt10/Excavations.pdf 1954 births Living people American anthropologists American archaeologists