Observations on Mexican history and archæology, with a special notice of Zapotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkins's drawings of Mitla ..
This 1856 Smithsonian publication by Brantz Mayer, with lithographic drawings by James Gay Sawkins, studies Zapotec archaeology and the ruins at Mitla in Mexico, written for scholars of antiquity. The plates show stone palace walls with geometric fret and diamond mosaic panels, and terraced ruins set against hills, offering a designer clear models of ancient Mesoamerican ornament and stepped architectural massing.
