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1930. Photograph taken before any liberation, consolidation, restoration, or reconstruction (cf. other images on this page).
Photograph by Dan Leyrer as member of Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35mm slide of the original photograph (M.31.4.330). Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University.
2003. Looking north through center of ballcourt, lined up approximately with the Nunnery's vaulted entryway in distance.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Ballcourt studied, liberated, consolidated, reintegrated, restored, and published: 1977 and 1978.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Looking north from Great Platform of Governor's Palace; ballcourt was lined up approximately with a staircase up to the Great Platform (immediately below in foreground) and with the Nunnery's vaulted entryway.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Central alley of ballcourt, leveled as playing court.
photo Jan. 2002
1995. "Ballcourt (plan of ballcourt at Uxmal)."
Scanned from George F. Andrews, Pyramids and Palace, Monsters and Masks; Vol. 1, Architecture of the Puuc Regions and the Northern Plains Area, 1995 (p. 213). Reproduced with permission of Labyrinthos publishers.
Official INAH plaque on ground in front of ballcourt.
photo Jan. 2003
Detail of plaque at left; showing 3-d diagram of Ballcourt, reconstructed to show probable stairs and superstructures.
photo Jan. 2003
Detail of plaque at far-left; groundplan of Nunnery Quadrangle, Pyramid of the Magician, ballcourt, and other structures in area; arrow indicates location of Ballcourt.
photo Jan. 2003
Description in Spanish.
photo Jan. 2003
Description in Yucatec Mayan.
photo Jan. 2003
Description in English.
photo Jan. 2003
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