Tracing Louis H. Ayme's Explorations in Oaxaca, México ... - Famsi
Tracing Louis H. Ayme's Explorations in Oaxaca, México ... - Famsi
Tracing Louis H. Ayme's Explorations in Oaxaca, México ... - Famsi
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Figure 5. Inside the "Altar Cave." View up and towards open<strong>in</strong>g. (March 1999)<br />
Com<strong>in</strong>g to Santa Maria a second time, aga<strong>in</strong> with INAH <strong>in</strong>troductory letters and now<br />
under the protection of a family well thought of <strong>in</strong> the town was most helpful, as was my<br />
ability to stay for a more lengthy period. Although the town government changes every<br />
year, my earlier visit was remembered, especially after I presented the village officials<br />
with photographs I had taken there the year before, a current topographical map of the<br />
area and photographs of the stone tools and shells which Ayme had excavated at Santa<br />
Maria <strong>in</strong> 1885. Fourteen of the men of the village, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the municipal officers,<br />
escorted me to both of the caves where Ayme had worked, accompanied me <strong>in</strong>side,<br />
held flashlights and torches while I photographed, and then posed for a group picture<br />
after our explorations.<br />
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