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Pyramid Temple (El Mirador)
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INAH plaque in front of back (north) side of fallen rooms and pyramidal base; students studying.
Jan. 2001
1930. Back (north) side, showing roofcomb over medial wall; the back room (toward the camera) has collapsed except for a bit of end wall.
Photograph by Dan Leyrer as member of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35mm slide of the original photograph (M.31.7.59). Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University.
2002. Same as 1930 photo at left; the wall and doorway restored; reinforced concrete lintel.
Jan. 2002
Interior of surviving front room, looking east to end wall and capstones.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
Same room, showing crudely added bracing wall to support roofcomb.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
Same room showing crudely added bracing wall near side of doorway also.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
Sign to El Mirador.
Jan. 2001
Path to Pyramid Temple (El Mirador).
Jan. 2001
Typical mound of unexcavated stone, common throughout Puuc region.
Jan. 2001
Mouth of nearby chultune.
Jan. 2002
Nearby collapsed chultune.
Jan. 2002
Nearby partially collapsed chultune.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
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