Precolumbian Sites Album

Collection

Identifier: PICT-997-008

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This album contains prints depicting various precolumbian sites of Meso-America. Several significant architectural structures, today reconstructed, are shown prior to excavation and reconstruction. Locales included are Acambalam, Chiapas, Chichén-Itzá, Chunkanab, Hochab, Isla de Mujeres, Mitla, Nancuchich, Oaxaca, Palenque, Tantah, Tchpich, Uxmal, Xcakochna, Xkichmol, Xlottsal and Yucatan. Photographers represented are Alfred Percival Maudslay, C. B. Waite and Teobert Maler. Album is 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. and prints are 9 x 9 in, or smaller.

Also called Mesoamerican Sites Album.

Dates

1890-1905

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.

Extent

49 items (1 box) : 1 album, 49 photographic prints ; album: 11.25 x 14.25 in, prints: 9 x 9 in or smaller

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This album contains prints depicting various precolumbian sites of Meso-America.

Arrangement

Photographs are bound into the album, arranged by site.

Physical Location

B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.