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1843. "Casa del Gobernador"
Front (south-east) facade of Governor's Palace and Platform, from the road south to San Simón.
Scanned from foldout print in Stephens, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843; closely based on Frederick Catherwoods 1841-42
on-site drawing. |
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Governor's Palace, looking
south along restored front facade; this frieze is the largest,
most impressive example of all Maya architectural sculpture,
composed of over 15,000 mosaic pieces of carved stone, complexly
but coherently organized.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Front (south-east) facade of Governor's Palace, one portion extensively restored (cf. 1843 print
above).
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Governor's Palace; sculpture
above central doorway, representing the greatest Uxmal ruler,
Lord Chaak (head and arms missing), sitting on semi-circular
throne, with unusually elaborate feather headdress, against
a trapezoidal tier of 7 double-headed serpents.
photo Jan. 2003 |
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Passageway between left wing and
central structure, seen toward left in print at top of this page; sides of
passageway are very slightly convex, suggesting enormous drapes,
a unique feature within Maya architecture.
photo Nov. 1999 |
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"Fig. 5. Transverse Section of an Ordinary Yucatec Building", with brief description of each part.
Scanned from W.H. Holmes, Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico, 1895; fig. 5.
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Painted stucco head found in room of Governor's Palace.
Scanned from 35mm slide, ©Dumbarton Oaks, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC; reproduced with permission. |
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Central front room
of Governor's Palace, looking south, mostly as survived; showing
exceptionally fine quality of veneer stones and form of vault.
photo an. 2003 (24mm lens, flash) |
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Central back room
of Governor's Palace, looking north; showing high quality
of stonework even in back room; these two central rooms are
the longest at Uxmal.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens, flash) |
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Doorway into back room of
third pair of rooms from left; showing typical collapsed area
above collapsed lintels, with new lintels and core of wall
above restored; also showing undersides of deeply tenoned
soffit stones.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens, flash) |
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