The site was the subject of one of the first modern archeological surveys and excavations in the Maya area , conducted by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Harvard University from 1891 to 1900 . Further excavations and restoration s were begun by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the 1930s , the Peabod y Museum again in the 1970 s , followed by the Government of H onduras ' s " Proyecto Copán " beginning in the late 1970 s and continuing to this day.
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