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1843. Street near Kabah with typical Yucatec domestic huts.
Closely based on Catherwood’s 1841-42
on-site drawing, published in Stephens, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 |
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Caretaker's storage hut at Labná archaeological site.
Jan. 2003 |
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Labná. Front of characteristic Yucatec Maya thatched domestic hut; main structural framework inside; concrete rubble foundation, walls of vertical poles and sticks, palm thatch roof, modern metal ridge covering.
Jan. 2001 |
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Labná. Front of deserted thatched hut in disrepair, showing exposed roof structure and deteriorating plaster on stick walls.
Jan. 2001 |
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Labná. Newly refinished thatched house, new thatched roof with typical modern metal ridge covering, pole and stick walls fully covered with plaster and local red clay.
Jan. 2003 |
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At Labná archaeological site: framing in of rear extension to thatched hut; pile of red clay in foreground for surfacing outside wall.
Jan. 2002 |
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Labná, same building as in photo above-right. Apsidal shaped end showing two main A-frame poles supporting ridgepole, with other poles, rods and sticks used for different framework functions.
Jan. 2002
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Same building. Detail of construction, showing notched top of mainpost to hold main crossbeam, which supports natural forks of A-frame poles; showing lashing together of poles, rods, etc., using local vines.
Jan. 2002 |
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Same building. Interior of same apse shaped end, now covered with thatch.
Jan. 2003 |
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West of Muna. Model "House of the
Yucatan Peasant," with courtyard, well, and other structures; constructed behind store-restaurant.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of domestic hut in photo at left, with living quarters, showing stick walls and vertical structural poles.
Jan. 2001 |
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Looking through back door to front door of entrance building
in photo at far left.
Jan. 2001 |
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