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Observations on Mexican history and archæology, with a special notice of Zapotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkins's drawings of Mitla .. (1856)

Mayer, Brantz, 1809-1879, Sawkins, James Gay, 1806-1878 · [Washington, Smithsonian Institution] · leaf 34

An illustration from Observations on Mexican history and archæology, with a special notice of Zapotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkins's drawings of Mitla .., 1856, leaf 34
of its walls were covered with nine long recesses on each side, in three tiers, each recess being large enough for the reception of a human body. These vaults were plastered with the same kind of cement that was found in the first apartment, but they were all empty. In the centre of the main… … rcxrxxxTzn \ 1 _ g|M|)(iinT1l'ltllT)!)lli[;itffl( \ Mffl - Sr ■ - pm iiiflliiiilliiiHlii! im ill plll §!li f J See cut on page 28.

Zapotec Indians

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