Sheet 19780160

Color: Black & White
Country: Mexico
Region: Monte Alban
Place: Mitla
Date: Jan 1, 1978

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 12: Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture [citation needed] The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. The archeological site is within the modern municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla. While Monte Albán was most important as the political center, Mitla was the main religious center. The name Mitla is derived from the Nahuatl name Mictlán, which was the place of the dead or underworld. Its Zapotec name is Lyobaa, which means «place of rest» The name Mictlán was Hispanicized to Mitla by the Spanish. However, what makes Mitla unique among Mesoamerican sites is the elaborate and intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that cover tombs, panels, friezes and even entire walls. These mosaics are made with small, finely cut and polished stone pieces which have been fitted together without the use of mortar. No other site in Mexico has this. Mexico 1978

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 13: Mitla, Monte Alban, (Zapotekische Kultur) Zapotheken um 1250. dann kamen die Mixteken. Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture [citation needed] The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. The archeological site is within the modern municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla. While Monte Albán was most important as the political center, Mitla was the main religious center. The name Mitla is derived from the Nahuatl name Mictlán, which was the place of the dead or underworld. Its Zapotec name is Lyobaa, which means «place of rest» The name Mictlán was Hispanicized to Mitla by the Spanish. However, what makes Mitla unique among Mesoamerican sites is the elaborate and intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that cover tombs, panels, friezes and even entire walls. These mosaics are made with small, finely cut and polished stone pieces which have been fitted together without the use of mortar. No other site in Mexico has this. Mexico 1978

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 14: Mitla, Monte Alban, (Zapotekische Kultur) Zapotheken um 1250. dann kamen die Mixteken. Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture [citation needed] The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. The archeological site is within the modern municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla. While Monte Albán was most important as the political center, Mitla was the main religious center. The name Mitla is derived from the Nahuatl name Mictlán, which was the place of the dead or underworld. Its Zapotec name is Lyobaa, which means «place of rest» The name Mictlán was Hispanicized to Mitla by the Spanish. However, what makes Mitla unique among Mesoamerican sites is the elaborate and intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that cover tombs, panels, friezes and even entire walls. These mosaics are made with small, finely cut and polished stone pieces which have been fitted together without the use of mortar. No other site in Mexico has this. Mexico 1978

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 17: Der Árbol del Tule, deutsch Baum von Tule, ist ein etwa 1200–3000 Jahre altes Baumexemplar der Art Mexikanische Sumpfzypresse (Taxodium mucronatum). Mit einem Stammdurchmesser von 14,05 Metern ist er der dickste Baum der Welt. 42m Umfang. Mexico 1978 √ El Árbol del Tule (Spanish for The Tree of Tule) is a tree located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km east of the city of Oaxaca on the road to Mitla. It is a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), or ahuehuete (meaning "old man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the stoutest trunk of any tree in the world. In 2001 it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 17: Amberland Fiction Reiseführer travelguide by p.m. Tschumi design Mexico 1978 book

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Image of sheet 19780160 photo 20: Mitla, Monte Alban, (Zapotekische Kultur) Zapotheken um 1250 dann kamen die Mixteken. Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca. in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. The archeological site is within the modern municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla. While Monte Albán was most important as the political center, Mitla was the main religious center. The name Mitla is derived from the Nahuatl name Mictlán, which was the place of the dead or underworld. Its Zapotec name is Lyobaa, which means “place of rest.” The name Mictlán was Hispanicized to Mitla by the Spanish. However, what makes Mitla unique among Mesoamerican sites is the elaborate and intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that cover tombs, panels, friezes and even entire walls. These mosaics are made with small, finely cut and polished stone pieces which have been fitted together without the use of mortar. No other site in Mexico has this. 1978 √

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