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View of Tenampua
Object Number 33-85-20/76384.1.44
Display Title View of Tenampua
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Honduras / Tenampua / View of Tenampua - Tenampua is about a league and a half from Flores, and 1000 feet higher. / Photos by Dorothy Popenoe 1927, given to the Museum by Dr. Popenoe.
Subject
  • Landscape
  • Site
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 × 16.8275 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. F. Wilson Popenoe

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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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Village of Flores
33-85-20/76384.1.43 Village of Flores
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Panoramic view from northwest corner of plateau showing Flores, La Via, La Paz, Comayagua
33-85-20/76384.1.36 Panoramic view from northwest corner of plateau showing Flores, La Via, La Paz, Comayagua
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Panoramic view from Southern Structure, showing road winding around Tenampua
33-85-20/76384.1.35 Panoramic view from Southern Structure, showing road winding around Tenampua
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Escarpment of extreme southwest corner
33-85-20/76384.1.46 Escarpment of extreme southwest corner
Tenampua
Jungle growth around caves
33-85-20/76384.1.78 Jungle growth around caves
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Tablet No. 4
33-85-20/76384.1.58 Tablet No. 4
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Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.69 Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
Tenampua
Small metate and brazo of red sandstone
33-85-20/76384.1.68 Small metate and brazo of red sandstone
Tenampua
Parallel mounds and stone walls
33-85-20/76384.1.72 Parallel mounds and stone walls
Tenampua
Two stones and parallel mounds
33-85-20/76384.1.73 Two stones and parallel mounds
Tenampua
Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
33-85-20/76384.1.67 Steps of Central Mound in Main Enclosure
Tenampua