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sites. Ferguson became known for her systematic and meticulous excavations and began working at the Paa-ko site, the one most associated with her work, in 1935. She took over the site from two male colleagues in 1936 and successfully completed the project. Suspicion that the laborers would refuse to
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combining archaeological and historical methods. Then in 1946 and 1947, she excavated sites in Mexico, but her fieldwork was limited by the demands of the museum. In 1950, Ferguson married
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