urn:taro:utexas.blac.00054 Christian Heilskov Rasmussen: Photographs, 1983-1987, held by the Benson Latin American Collection Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, July 2001. Finding aid written in English. February 20, 2003 Edited with XMetal3 by Bob Stewart followingTARO EAD V.1 Editing for BLAC Finding Aids. Tue Jul 22 14:58:33 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.blac.00054 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Heilskov Rasmussen, Christian. Christian Heilskov Rasmussen Photograph Collection of Churches in Yucatán 1983-1987 26 photographic prints ; 4 x 5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. 33288354 Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin Twenty-six black and white photographs by Christian Heilskov Rasmussen of churches in Yucatán (Mexico) Biographical Note

Anthropologist and photographer. Born in Denmark in 1943, Heilskov Rasmussen lived in Mexico from circa 1974 until at least 1987. He worked at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mérida and did field work among the Maya Indians. During the years 1983-1987 he made the photographs which comprise this collection.

Scope and Contents

Photographs of architectural and artistics details of churches in Yucatán, Mexico. Five of the photographs are postcards.

The churches pictured are located in Ichmul, Dzibichaltun, Dzidzantun, Paraiso, Mani, Mérida, Tabi, Pustunich, Tixpéual, Tixcacaltuyub, Tixcuytún, Yascabá, and Yohtolín.

Processing Information

List of photographs compiled December 1987; retyped 15 August 1995 by Mexican Archives Project.

 Preferred Citation

Christian Heilskov Rasmussen Photograph Collection of Churches in Yucatán, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Index Terms Subjects Churches--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--Photographs Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Photographs Genre Photographs Other Finding Aids

A list of the photographs is available in the Benson Collection Library.