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Governor's Palace


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North and South Ends

In this room at the southwest corner of the Palace in 1841 Stephens and Catherwood found a 10 foot long wooden lintel, carved with hieroglyphs. In 1843 they took it to New York for display. Two years later it was destroyed in a fire.
Jan. 2001
Back (southwest) corner, showing fallen mask stack, concrete-rubble core behind, remaining portions of frieze and cornice, largely intact medial molding, corner form stones, and recessed frames of doorways.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
1995. "Fig. 27. Uxmal, Governor's Palace: south end, portion of upper facade."
Scanned from George F. Andrews, Pyramids and Palace, Monsters and Masks; Vol. 1, Architecture of the Puuc Regions and the Northern Plains Area, 1995, p. 195.  Reproduced with permission of Labyrinthos, publishers.
Showing typical rectangular air vent in outside wall, located on front wall near end wall, one course below springing of vault.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens, flash)
Showing low step up to back, interior room, bordered with facing blocks, filled with concrete rubble, then surfaced with plaster.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens, flash)
Showing restoration of collapsed vault above lintel and new wooden lintel.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens, flash)
South end of Governor's Palace and Platform., showing portions of collapse and impressive survival.
1923 photograph by Marshall H. Saville. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken of the small original photograph in the AMNH. Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
Northeast corner of Palace and of Governor's Palace Platform, from terrace on top of Great Platform
Jan. 2002
Interior doorway; showing deeply tenoned stones projecting slightly from the lower wall, helping to support the veneer stones of vault above; also showing new wooden lintels and restored core above.
Jan. 2002
Room in north end of north wing; jamb at left of door into inner back room.
Jan. 2002
Same as photo at left, showing deeply tenoned stones projecting slightly from the lower wall, helping to support the veneer stones of vault above; also showing new wooden lintels and restored core above.
Jan. 2002
Righthand jamb of same door; showing horizontal seams in concrete rubble wall, indicating stages in which concrete rubble courses were poured between form stones.
Jan. 2002
 

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