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Main enclosure, looking west
Object Number 33-85-20/76384.1.41
Display Title Main enclosure, looking west
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Honduras / Tenampua / Main enclosure, looking west. Eastern boundary wall in foreground. Entrance to two mounds in the distance. To the right the Cultural Mound, with our camp made in an old excavation. Before the "chusa" was complete and before cleaning. / Photos by Dorothy Popenoe 1927, given to the Museum by Dr. Popenoe.
Subject
  • Landscape
  • Excavation
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Dorothy H. Popenoe
Culture
  • Lowland Maya
  • Middle Preclassic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Comayagua / <County> / <City> / Tenampua
Materials Silver gelatin print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 13.97 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. F. Wilson Popenoe

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Western structure to main enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.42 Western structure to main enclosure
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Southwest corner of main enclosure, cleared to show double boundary
33-85-20/76384.1.64 Southwest corner of main enclosure, cleared to show double boundary
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Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.67 Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
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Fragment No. 8 - found lying in the court of the main enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.75 Fragment No. 8 - found lying in the court of the main enclosure
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Southwest corner of main enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.65 Southwest corner of main enclosure
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Drawing of dish found in principal mound of Central Enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.82 Drawing of dish found in principal mound of Central Enclosure
Honduras
Camp, built in old excavation
33-85-20/76384.1.66 Camp, built in old excavation
Tenampua
Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.69 Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
Tenampua
Parallel mounds and stone walls
33-85-20/76384.1.72 Parallel mounds and stone walls
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Two stones and parallel mounds
33-85-20/76384.1.73 Two stones and parallel mounds
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Marked stone at Siguatepeque
33-85-20/76384.1.55 Marked stone at Siguatepeque
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Cave in N.W. corner of Tenampua
33-85-20/76384.1.79 Cave in N.W. corner of Tenampua
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