Archaeology
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Herbert Thompson collection of negatives
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 2004.24 (A)
Overview:
This collection contains negatives of photographs taken by E. H. Thompson during his explorations of the Yucatán Peninsula (1889-1908), Minnesota (1902), and Utah (1931). Many of the photographs are of Mayan artifacts (wooden, ceramic, and stone), Mayan ruins, ancient and contemporary architecture, engravings, and landscapes.
Frederic Ward Putnam negatives
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 2004.24 (F)
Overview:
This collection contains negatives taken by Frederic Ward Putnam during an expedition to the Serpent Mound in Ohio from 1883-1888. The negatives capture camp life, landscapes and burial mounds. This expedition was a result of Professor Putnam's strong encouragement of research involving man's early occupation of the New World.