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Reconstruction Model and Drawings, Descriptive Plaque

 1895. "Panorama of Uxmal" (looking south over Nunnery Quadrangle); long foldout print of drawing by W.H. Holmes.
Published in W.H. Holmes, Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico, 1895; foldout print following p.96.
1930-31. Reconstruction model by Gerhard Kramer and Herndon Fair; looking north to main entrance.
Reconstruction model of Nunnery Quadrangle by Gerhard Kramer and Herndon Fair, as members of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930 (M.31.4.631). Scanned from 35mm slide of the original photograph. Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University.
1930. Detail of reconstruction drawing titled "The Nunnery at Uxmal Ruins in Yucatan, as it will appear reconstructed in full size by the Tulane University, New Orleans for the 'Century of Progress,' Chicago World's Fair, 1933."
Reconstruction drawing of Nunnery Quadrangle, presumably by Gerhard Kramer and/or Herndon Fair, as members of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35mm slide of the original drawing. Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University.
2003. North Building, front facade, grand staircase, lower buildings on both sides, and courtyard.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
     

1946. Nunnery Quadrangle, Quadrangle of the Birds, and Pyramid of the Magician; reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff.       Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed (Peabody 50-63-20/18497). Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

Detail of drawing at left.
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
INAH plaque in foreground; group of school children with teacher.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
INAH plaque.
Jan. 2002
Detail of plaque at left; ground plan of entire Quadrangle, showing that courtyard is a trapezoid, not a rectangle.
Jan. 2002
Detail of plaque at far-left; groundplan of Nunnery Quadrangle, Pyramid of the Magician at right, Ballcourt at bottom, and other structures in area.
Jan. 2002
Spanish description.
Jan. 2002
Yucatec Mayan description.
Jan. 2002
English description.
Jan. 2002
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