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Object Number 58-34-20/58532
Display Title Milpa Burning
Descriptions
Subject
  • Landscape
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Maya
  • Classic period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Uaxactun

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Milpa burning
58-34-20/58814 Milpa burning
Uaxactun
Milpa Burning
58-34-20/58815 Milpa Burning
Uaxactun
Milpa burning looking toward camp
58-34-20/58816 Milpa burning looking toward camp
Uaxactun
Milpa Burning from house
58-34-20/58788 Milpa Burning from house
Uaxactun
Burning Virgin Forest on the Steep Mountain Slopes in Order to Plant new Milpas
58-34-20/37530 Burning Virgin Forest on the Steep Mountain Slopes in Order to Plant new Milpas
Nebaj
Clearing forest for milpa
2004.15.19.66 Clearing forest for milpa
Peten
Milpa and Clearing; View of Milpa
58-34-20/58707 Milpa and Clearing; View of Milpa
Uaxactun
View of Milpa field
2004.24.15874 View of Milpa field
Panama
View of milpa and clearing
58-34-20/58708 View of milpa and clearing
Uaxactun
Modern brush milpa fence utilizing ancient stone property wall as a base
58-34-20/58193 Modern brush milpa fence utilizing ancient stone property wall as a base
Mayapan
Milpa near Sebol
2004.15.1.787.1 Milpa near Sebol
La Milpa
Milpa near Sebol
2004.15.1.787.2 Milpa near Sebol
Peten