Largest freestanding arch built by the Maya, south side; much reconstructed 1953-55, compare print and photographs bottom row. Jan. 2001

Detail of 1968 INAH map; north at top, arch and sacbé at upper left. Jan. 2002

Detail of 1968 INAH map, arch and sacbé at left Jan. 2002

Official INAH plaque in photo above. Jan. 2001

Detail of plaque at left; elevation diagram, dotted lines indicate reconstructed portion and hypothetical design of roofcomb. Jan. 2001

Detail of plaque at far left; description in English. Jan. 2001

1843. NORTH side of Arch; drawn by Catherwood, with assistance of daguerreotype and camera lucida. Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843; closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42 on-site drawing.

1888-91. NORTH side of Arch (cf.print at left from 40 plus years previous). 1888-1891 photograph by Henry N. Sweet as a member of the Thompson/Peabody expedition; scanned from 35mm slide of original photograph at Dumbarton Oaks. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

1953-55. SOUTH side of Arch, under reconstruction. 1953-55 photograph; scanned from 35mm slide taken of original photo. Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.