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20th century photo after
east end completely restored.
Photograph by E. Segarra, México, D.F. This image scanned from a 35mm slide of an original photograph in the AMNH. Reproduced Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. |
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East end and center section
of both sides entirely restored 1969-72 (cf. photo at left
and photo below).
Jan. 2001 |
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Showing location on top of
northwest corner of Great Platform; Governor's Palace at left.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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1859-60/1862. Earliest photograph of House of the Turtles, showing center section and both ends
partly collapsed.
Taken by Desiré Charnay 1859-60, mounted in the lavish folio volume of Cités et ruines américaines, Vol. 1, Paris, 1862. Scanned from a 35mm slide taken of an original photograph in the volume at the AMNH (RF-106-D). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History. |
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1923. Photograph showing further collapse; center section front and
back and both ends collapsed.
1923 photograph by Marshall H. Saville. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken of the original small photograph at the AMNH. Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. |
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Similar view as photos at left;
showing entire facade restored except for west end.
Jan. 2001 |
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1917. "Fig. 126. Uxmal. House of the Turtles. Ground plan." If correct,
building is unusual in having doors on all 4 sides and in
having a direct passage through front, interior, and back
(debated) doorways.
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 126); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawing. |
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Official INAH plaque.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of plaque at left;
showing groundplan and elevations of House of the Turtles
(this groundplan indicates no doorway on the back (north)
side and only one doorway on the right (east) end); plaque
also shows groundplan of entire Terrace on top of Great Platform,
with arrow indicating location of House of the Turtles.
Jan. 2001 |
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Spanish description.
Jan. 2003 |
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Yucatec Mayan description.
Jan. 2003 |
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English description.
Jan. 2001 |
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