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Platforms

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Great Platform, Uxmal
 Southeast corner of Great Platform, largely collapsed; in the foreground remains of preceeding terrace.
photo Jan. 2002
Same SE corner, showing remaining, huge, corner stones at top.
photo Jan. 2002
 Same SE corner, showing rare, remaining, huge, corner stones at top.
photo Jan. 2002
 Left end of north side of Great Platform; showing lowest platform in foreground, low with narrow grass terrace on top, and tall section of Great Platform above.
photo Jan. 2001
 Northeast corner, showing that original builders used stone wedges to fill the irregularities between crudely shaped stones.
photo Jan. 2002 (24mm lens)
Same NE corner, restored; Great Platform was constructed on top of natural elevation.
photo Jan. 2002 (24mm lens)
 Looking west along setback walls of Great Platform, restored 1986-1987.
photo Jan. 2001
 Restored staircase now used by tourists; also showing extensively restored setback walls at right.
photo Jan. 2001
 North side of Great Platform, showing staircase to House of the Turtles; all cleared, studied and partially restored, 1986-1987 (photo at left shows a different staircase, farther east, restored for tourist use, on this same north wall).
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
 Northwest corner of Great Platform; showing lowest platform in foreground, low with narrow grass terrace on top, and tall Platform 2, with several setbacks, above.
photo Jan. 2002
Northwest corner of massive Great Platform, north side, with huge curved corner stones restored to match corresponding corner stones in place on southeast corner.
photo Jan. 2003
Same NW corner, west side; this Great Platform is one of the biggest constructions in the Northern Maya Lowlands.
photo Jan. 2002
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