Mayan Mound in Guatemala

ID: SIA2011-1375 and Wetmore # 977

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: November 26, 1940

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 2

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Summary

Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, visited Costa Rica to collect bird specimens for the United States National Museum, traveled to examine the biological laboratory on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, and went to an archaeological site in Guatemala in 1940. These Mayan mounds were at the archaeological site in Quirigua, Guatemala Wetmore visited.

Subject

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 26, 1940

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Landscapes
  • Antiquities
  • Secretaries
  • Anthropology
  • Field Work
  • Guatemala
  • Maya
  • Mayas

Place

  • Guatemala
  • Quiriguá Site (Guatemala)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

SIA2011-1375 and Wetmore # 977

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 2.75h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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