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Object Number 2004.29.6932
Display Title Excavation showing entrance to buried chamber of altar
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Mexico. Chacmultun (Yucatan) No. 14. Edifice No. 1. Section 3. Lower terrace structure, Chacmultun. Excavation showing entrance to buried chamber of altar. E. H. Thompson 1901.
Keywords
  • Structure and Furnishing
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
  • Ritual
Subject
  • Terrace
  • Entrance
  • Structure
Department Photographic
Date 1901
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chacmultun
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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