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1844. "8. General View of Las Monjas at Uxmal".
Tinted lithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. VIII). Based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from the copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collecitons, American Museum of Natural History.
Pyramid of the Magician; detail of print at left.
Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History.
Nunnery Quadrangle; detail of print at far left.
Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Specil Collections, American Museum of Natural History.
 1844. "13. General View of Uxmal taken from the Archway of Los Monjas, looking South."
Tinted lithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. XIII). Based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from the copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collecitons, American Museum of Natural History.
Looking south, past South Building of the Nunnery, to Governor's Palace (at left), House of the Turtles and Great Pyramid (center) and Dovecote (right).
Jan. 2003
"Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico". Site plan of "central ceremonial precinct"; courtyards and "interconnected plazas" shown in yellow.
Scanned from George F. Andrews, Maya Cities, Placemaking and Urbanization, 1975 (fig. 191). Reproduced with permission of the University of Oklahoma Press.
Looking north past House of the Turtles (left) to Nunnery Quadrangle.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Looking north through Ballcourt to Nunnery Quadrangle, Pyramid of the Magician at right.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Looking northeast to back of Governor's Palace, from top of Great Pyramid, Pyramid of the Magician in distance.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
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