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Roofcombs


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Kabah
Codz Poop and Palace

1888-1891. Codz Poop, Front (west) facade. The remaining parts of roofcomb largely covered by vegetation.
1888-1891 photograph by Henry N. Sweet as a member of the Thompson/Peabody expedition; scanned from 35mm slide of original photograph at Dumbarton Oaks. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
2003. Front (west) facade, partly consolidated and restored 1951; the lower 2 levels of roofcomb restored 1991.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
 1946. This is an especially informative reconstructed view of East Group at Kabah, looking southeast. Because several of these structures remain collapsed, their form is partly speculative.
Watercolor reconstruction drawing by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, 1946; scanned from 35mm slide of the original watercolor drawing. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
 Looking northeast, showing that roofcomb, restored in 1991, stands on wall behind partially collapsed vaults of outer and inner rooms.
photo Jan. 2001
Detail of view in photo at left, with warning sign not to climb on roof.
photo Jan. 2001 (200mm lens)
Back of Codz Poop, showing restored roofcomb and partially collapsed-partally restored portions of back (sometimes considered a separate building).
photo Jan. 2001
Palace. Front (west) facade, and roofcomb partly reconstructed.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
 Front facade and south end, showing consolidation and partial restoration.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Back (east) face of roofcomb, showing lowest level and small surviving section of second tier; originally there seems to have been a third tier above.
photo Jan. 2001
 

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