South facade, the central portion reconstructed; view through central doorways front and back to Nunnery. Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)

East facade and room reconstructed (cf. 1893 photo at right); details of 6 turtles in photos below. Jan. 2001

1936. View southwest from top of Pyramid of the Magician; in center the partly collapsed House of the Turtles. 1936 photograph in the Spinden Collection, Heffenreffer Museum, SP.15-74T. Scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a high quality internegative. Reproduced Courtesy of the Heffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

Cornice molding with row of turtles; turtles 1 and 2 from left. Jan. 2001

Cornice molding with row of turtles; turtles 2 and 3 from left. Jan. 2001

Cornice molding with row of turtles; turtles 3 and 4 from left. Jan. 2001

Cornice molding with row of turtles; turtles 4 and 5 from left. Jan. 2001

Cornice molding with row of turtles; turtles 5 and 6 from left. Jan. 2001

Southeast corner. Jan. 2001

Each turtle shell has different markings. Jan. 2001

Turtle on south side of cornice molding. Jan. 2001

Showing that turtles are tenoned into the fillet, or center strip, of cornice molding. Jan. 2001