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Object Number
2004.15.19.66
Display Title
Clearing forest for milpa
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on slide: "Burning felled trees / to make a milpa"
Department
Photographic
Date
ca. 1971
Artist
Ian Graham
Culture
- Guatemalan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Peten
Materials
Slide, color
Dimensions
Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ian Graham
Provenance
Donor
Ian Graham
(6/18/04)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58-34-20/37530 | Burning Virgin Forest on the Steep Mountain Slopes in Order to Plant new Milpas |
Nebaj
| ||
| 58-34-20/58707 | Milpa and Clearing; View of Milpa |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 2004.15.19.42 | Clearing in forest with arriero and mule |
Peten
| ||
| 58-34-20/58708 | View of milpa and clearing |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 2000.25.1.299 | Kilmartin's outfit in a milpa clearing |
Central America
| ||
| 58-34-20/58709 | Milpa and Clearing; Digging Post Holes for Chicken Coop |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58712 | Sapote Tree Burnt and Felled by Fire Several Weeks after Milpa Burnt |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58532 | Milpa Burning |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58814 | Milpa burning |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58815 | Milpa Burning |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58816 | Milpa burning looking toward camp |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 58-34-20/58788 | Milpa Burning from house |
Uaxactun
|