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1844. Looking from front of Nunnery
Quadrangle to (left to right) Governor's Palace, House of
the Turtles, Great Pyramid, South Temple, and Dovecote Group.
Published in Catherwood, Views of Ancient
Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. XIII); closely based on Catherwoods 1839-42
on-site drawings. |
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Detail of print at left; Dovecote in center toward right.
Published in Catherwood, Views of Ancient
Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844; closely based on Catherwoods 1839-42
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1923. North face of Dovecote (same as in other images on top 3 rows on this page), central vaulted archway at extreme right in photo.
Scanned from slide of original photograph taken Feb. 1923 by Marshall H. Saville; reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. |
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1946. Hypothetical reconstuction drawing; looking south along South Acropolis, past Dovecoat Group
to South Temple.
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed (Peabody 50-63-20/18495). Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Detail of drawing at left.
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Detail of drawing at far-left.
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946. Scanned from a 35mm slide I have taken of the original watercolor drawing, yellow discoloration removed. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Looking southwest, showing
form of grand staircase.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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North front with facade almost
entirely collapsed; grand staircase leading upward to central
vaulted passageway.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Looking southeast, showing
form of grand staircase.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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1895. "Middle Portion of House of the Pigeons" (south side).
Photograph published in Holmes, Archaeological
Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico, 1895. |
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Looking north along axis of Acropolis to south side of House of the Pigeons.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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South side of House of the
Pigeons, the facade of the rooms and vaulted passageway collapsed.
Jan. 2001 |
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