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Uxmal

1923. Uxmal, arched passageway through South Building of Nunnery Quadrangle; looking back out through entrance; unusually good survival of structure.
Photograph taken Feb. 16, 1923 by Marshall H. Saville. This image scanned from slide taken of original photo; reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
2002. Same view as 1923 photo at left, also looking from inside out through entrance; showing relatively minor restoration.
photo Jan. 2002
Main entrance to Nunnery Quadrangle, looking from outside in; facade at left of archway and room to left much restored.
photo Jan. 2001
1895. Uxmal, Dovecote; looking north, showing surviving archway but collapsed, vaulted rooms to left and right.
Photograph published in Holmes, Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico, 1895.
2002. Detail of same view as in early photograph at left. Most Puuc arches, often mistakenly described as "corbelled", are supported entirely by their lime and rubble-concrete core. The facing stones inside the arched passageway are tenoned into and supported by the core.
photo Jan. 2002
Close-up of same archway as in photos at left, but here looking opposite direction, south; showing facing stones of vault and wide caping stones.
photo Jan. 2002
1844. Uxmal, Governor's Palace, SOUTH arched passageway toward left of main facade; the passageway was filled in sometime after original construction.
Aquatint published in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. X), based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
2001. NORTH vaulted passageway, toward right of same front facade, also filled in sometime after original construction.
photo Jan. 2001
Detail of north vaulted archway in photo at left; showing superb quality of shaping and fitting of stones and excellent survival.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
ca.1873. Uxmal, Nunnery Annex, back of narrow arched passageway; by time this photograph was taken, the bottom half of passageway was filled with rubble, on which Alice Dixon LePlongeon stands.
Photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon, ca.1873. Scanned from a high quality 35mm slide provided by the Getty Research Institute, taken from an original photograph in their collection. Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137-444).
2002. Recent view of same unusually narrow arched passageway as in early photo at left, showing bottom portion now cleared, and unusually excellent survival.
photo Jan. 2002
Uxmal, Quadrangle of the Birds, passageway to Nunnery Quadrangle; this archway reconstructed 1982-1994.
photo Nov. 1999
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