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Aguadas
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1843. Earliest diagram of an aquada and its wells.
Scanned from Stephens, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843; Vol.II, p.227. Based on Catherwood's on-site diagram. |
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Detail of print at left. Aquada at rancho of Jalal, hypothetical cross-section of six of some forty wells discovered, cleared out and repaired by local inhabitants ten years previous to Stephens and Catherwood's visit, based on local reports.
Scanned from Stephens,
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843; Vol.II, p.227. |
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1843. One of two earliest pictorial views of an aquada. Aguada just west of Uxmal.
Scanned from
Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843' Vol.I, p.249. Based on Catherwood's on-site drawing. |
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1843. One of two earliest pictorial views of an aquada. Aquada at rancho of Jalal, discovered, cleared out and repaired ten years previous when dry.
Scanned from Stephens, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843; Vol.II, p.224. Based on Catherwood's on-site drawing. |
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View of aquada Ch'en Chan Akal ("Chem-chan-Acal"), the major aquada at Uxmal.
photo Jan. 2003 |
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View of aquada Ch'en Chan Akal ("Chem-chan-Acal"), the major aquada at Uxmal.
photo Jan. 2003 |
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"Plan of the Ruins of Uxmal at the Yucatan". The most extensive map of Uxmal published in the 19th century. Showing major aquadas.
Scanned from Brasseur de Bourbourg, in Archives de la Commission scientifique du Mexique, 1865: Vol.II, p.255.
Based on on-site mapping. |
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Detail of map at left. Table listing the various building and other features, including 6 aquadas.
Scanned from Brasseur de Bourbourg, in Archives de la Commission scientifique du Mexique, 1865: Vol.II, p.255.
Based on on-site mapping. |
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Upper portion of map at far left, showing buildings and shape of 3 of the major aquadas.
Scanned from Brasseur de Bourbourg, in Archives de la Commission scientifique du Mexique, 1865: Vol.II, p.255.
Based on on-site mapping. |
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