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Maya sculpture at Quirigua 1922 - Zoomorph B

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English: caption: One of four large sculptures at Quirigua carved to represent some mythological animal and at the same time record the end of a five-year period. The name Zoomorph has been given to these monuments. The monuments found here cover the five-year periods A.D. 780-A.D. 795. The largest is Zoomorph B which is 6 feet 3 inches high by 13 feet 4 inches long and 11 feet wide. Guatemala. 1922.
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Source US Geological survey photo via https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5abaa261e4b081f61abb4d12
Author H. Schmelzer

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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