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Stairs


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Kabah

Elite Residnece, West Staircase: lower steps more fully restored. At top one sees the remains of two large collapsed vaulted rooms, with warning sign of extreme danger.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Same west staircase, showing important, surviving underpass.
photo Jan. 2001
Close-up of staircase in photos at left, showing wide capstone, resting on medial molding (cf. photos below at left).
photo Jan. 2001
Early photograph. Same staircase as in photos above, but from opposite side. Important surviving evidence for original form and structure of half-vaulted passageways under staircases ("flying staircases").
Early photograph; scanned from 35mm slide taken of original photo. Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
 Recent photograph. Same view as in photo at left; vaulted passageway has largely survived, steps reconstructed.
photo Jan. 2003
Elite Residence, North Staircase. Stairs and underpass similar to one on west side in photos above and at left.
photo Jan. 2001
 Palace: front facade and south end, showing restored central staircase and upper level, and partially restored ground level rooms.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Palace: looking north along front of ground level, showing restored staircase and half vault underpass ("flying staircase").
photo Jan. 2001
Palace: detail of restored, half-vault underpass in photos at left, restored.
photo Jan. 2001
Codz Poop Platform: Main (west) staircase, lined up with center of Codz Poop facade above; altar on ground level, not centered.
photo Nov. 1999
Same staircase as in photo at left: local guide climbing staircase on the diagonal, much the easiest method.
photo Jan. 2001
Front (south) facade of Codz Poop. Main Staircase leading up from large terrace on top of Codz Poop Platform to shallow terrace in front of building. Staircase completely restored 1953.
photo Nov. 1999
 

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