A comparative study of 1870s and 1980s photographs of Maya architecture at Chichén Itzá and Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico
by Lawrence G. Desmond
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About the Book
To take comparative photos of the architecture required that photographic prints of the Le Plongeon photos at Chichén Itzá and Uxmal from archives be assembled, and brought to the sites for replication by photographing from the same distance, direction, and elevation. This book compares 26 photos of Chichén Itzá and 18 photos of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico to photos the author of the same architectural subjects in 1980.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Architecture
- Additional Categories Mexico
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 106 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781715516482
- Softcover: 9781715516475
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781715516468
- Publish Date: Sep 18, 2020
- Language English
- Keywords Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, architecture, Maya
About the Creator
Lawrence G. Desmond received a PhD in anthropology and archaeology from the University of Colorado-Boulder; an MA in anthropology from the Universidad de las Americas in Cholula, Mexico, and has carried-out ethnographic and archaeological research in Mexico and Guatemala for more than 50 years. He taught at the University of Minnesota, San Francisco State University, and College of San Mateo. Desmond has carried out ethnographic fieldwork at Santo Tomas Jalieza, Oaxaca, and archeological fieldwork including excavations, ground penetrating radar surveys , close range photogrammetry recording at Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Labna, Dzbilchaltun, Pyramid of Izamal, and Balankanche Cave. Desmond's books, A Dream of Maya and Yucatán through her eyes are about the photography, writings and field work of Alice Dixon and Augustus Le Plongeon. Desmond's photos of Mexico are archived by Harvard's Peabody Museum, and of the Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project at the Getty Research Institute.