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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.588
Display Title Structure on top of hill
Descriptions
Object Description Written on cardboard: "No 29./Thompson/Fortification Mountain/Mitla/Oaxaca"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1887
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / <City> / Mitla
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 × 27.9401 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Structure
59-50-20/74011.1.589 Structure
Mitla
View from top of structure, with church in background
59-50-20/74011.1.582 View from top of structure, with church in background
Mitla
Children standing on top of a crumbled stone wall
59-50-20/74011.1.577 Children standing on top of a crumbled stone wall
Mitla
Overview of structures
59-50-20/74011.1.575 Overview of structures
Mitla
People inside structure
59-50-20/74011.1.585 People inside structure
Mitla
View of excavation in process with upright pillars and walls, local men
59-50-20/74011.1.75 View of excavation in process with upright pillars and walls, local men
Mitla
Man in front of building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.579 Man in front of building facade
Mitla
People in front of building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.578 People in front of building facade
Mitla
Eroded section of building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.580 Eroded section of building facade
Mitla
Man standing in front of building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.576 Man standing in front of building facade
Mitla
Man standing in front of building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.574 Man standing in front of building facade
Mitla
People leaning against stone pillars surrounded by wall
59-50-20/74011.1.573 People leaning against stone pillars surrounded by wall
Mitla