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Museum of Archaeology of Vera Cruz State, Xalapa. A high priest confronting the god Tlatoc. Tlaloc was the god of water, hence closely related to production of food.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Cempoala Archaeological Zone. Before these pyramids stood Cortez and all the men of the Conquest. The first mass was held inthe larger pyramid. Cempoala is estimated to have been a city of more than 200,000 inhabitants.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Cempoala. This shows the type and detail of the smaller pyramid.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Cempoala. This pyramid stands over four hundred yards from the other pyramids. It was, in part, Zompantle in which clay bas-reliefs were made of the sacrificial victims and placed along the inside of the platform wall.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Monte Alban. The interior of temple in the foreground and the courtyard surrounded by pyramids. Two pyramids stand in the center of the courtyard.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Monte Alban. The staircase from the courtyard of the temple shown in the foreground of #15.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Monte Alban. The pyramid at the southwest corner of the courtyard. Standing along the wall are the carved stones commonly called "danzantes."

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Monte Alban. The ball court. When the ball game was ceremonial the loser became a sacrificial victim.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Mitla. This archaeological zone was primarily a necropolis, the burial place of kings and high priests. It is famous for its intricate and ornate inlade stone designs.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

Mitla. The inlaid stone elaboration in the room of the high priest.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Found in: Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin / Samuel L. Lewis Photograph Collection of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Sites in Mexico / List of Photographs

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