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1888-1891. Looking west to the Pyramid Temple ("El Mirador"), showing collapsed Pyramid, roofcomb and vaults of east end of Temple.
1888-1891 photograph by Henry N. Sweet as a member of the Thompson/Peabody expedition; scanned from 35mm slide of original photograph at Dumbarton Oaks. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Cross section of partially
collapsed front facade and front vault; front vault also at left in
photo below.
Jan. 2001 |
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Looking up at cross section
of collapsed roofcomb and front vault.
Jan. 2001 |
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1888-1891. Close-up of vaulted rooms in east side
of temple, as seen in photo above; showing a variety of differently shaped facing stones, tenoned into concrete rubble core.
1888-1891 photograph by Henry N. Sweet as a member of the Thompson/Peabody expedition; scanned from 35mm slide of original photograph at Dumbarton Oaks. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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2003. Same vaulted rooms in 19th century photo at left, after additional collapse and stabilization.
Jan. 2003 (24 mm lens) |
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Close-up of vaulted room at right of photograph at left.
Jan. 2003 (24 mm lens) |
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Looking west across front
of temple.
Jan. 2003 (24 mm lens) |
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Showing stone tenons which
originally supported stucco figures.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of only surviving
stucco figure on roofcomb.
Jan. 2001 |
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