tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20165473539639915382024-03-05T16:35:32.901-08:00Maya MiscellanyIan Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-44089559337515534232008-03-07T12:52:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:37:35.109-08:00Yaxchilan<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Yaxchilan was omitted from our 2008 tour at the last moment, but it was possible to make up for this by visiting the British Museum which contains casts and originals of lintels from the site. A series of rulers is recorded in monuments at Yaxchilan spanning the period from 359 to 808. The city on the banks of the Usumacinta reached its height in the 8th century under Itzamnaaj B'alam II and his son Bird Jaguar IV who are responsible for much of the city that can be seen today. Yaxchilan is most famous for its lintels of which some 58 span the entrances of major buildings. Their carvings are among the most accomplished of any Maya site and depict both military and ritual events.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 35 c. 550</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">One of four lintels from Structure 12 which together list ten generations of rulers at Yaxchilan and their most notable captives. The lineage culminates in the capture of lords from Calakmul on 9.5.2.10.6.1 cimi 14 muan (14 January 537) by K'inich Tatbu Skull II, also known as Mak'ina Tah Skull II or Ruler 10. The lintel dates from the 6th century but its original location is unknown. It has been suggested that Bird Jaguar IV, the principal protagonist in lintels 15, 16 and 17, had structure 12 built over two centuries later to house this record of the history of his ancestors.
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<B>The Yaxchilan lintels from Temple 23</B><BR/>
The scenes carved in relief on the sets of lintels of this temple and Temple 24 depict the rituals performed by Maya rulers to invoke powerful immortal spirits to ensure success in battle and secure captives for sacrifice. These ritual deeds legitimised their authority and ancestral right to rule.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 24 c. 725</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">One of three lintels from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan. Depicts Lord Shield Jaguar and his principal wife Lady Xoc engaged in a bloodletting rite that took place on 9.13.17.15.12.5 eb 15 mac (28 Oct 709). The king stands on the left, brandishing a flaming torch. Kneeling in front of him wearing a woven huipil Lady Xoc passes a thorn-lined rope through her tongue. The rope falls into a woven basket holding blood-soaked strips of paper cloth.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 25 c. 725</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">On the second lintel from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan the sacrificial offering of blood conjures up a visionary manifestation of Yut-Balam, founding ancestor of the dynasty of Yaxchilan. In the guise of a warrior grasping a spear and shield this ancestral spirit emerges from the gaping front jaws of a double-headed serpent rearing above lady Xoc. She gazes upward at the apparition she has brought forth. In her left hand she bears a blood-letting bowl containing instruments of sacrifice, a sting-ray spine and an obsidian lancet.
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Lintel 26 which is in Mexico depicts the final scene of the ritual sequence begun lintels 24 and 25. It shows Lord Shield Jaguar wearing a mantel of quilted cotton and wielding a knife in his right hand. He is being presented with his battle shield by one of his wives who cradles the jaguar headdress in her left arm. The glyphic text recounts that this particular presentation took place on 12 February 724.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 15 c. 770</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The three lintels from Yaxchilan Structure 24 record Lord Bird Jaguar's enactment of the ritual depicted on lintels 24, 25 (displayed left) and 26, although they were arranged in a different order. This lintel repeats the vision stage of the blood-letting shown on lintel 25. The serpent coils up through a beaded blood scroll and from the mouth emerges the ancestor whom the lady has contacted in the rite.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 16, c.733-70</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The ruler Bird Jaguar stands over a captive noble who, judging by the beaded droplets on his nose and cheek, has already let blood. Eight days later when his heir, Shield Jaguar II was born, Bird Jaguar and one of his other wives performed ritual blood-letting in celebration. Seventy-five days later on 3 may 732 Bird Jaguar was officially installed as king, an event which took place only after the capture of noble prisoners and, in this case, the birth of a male heir.
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan Lintel 17, 770</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The bloodletting scene here parallels that on lintel 24. It depicts Bird Jaguar IV and the sumptuously dressed kneeling Lady Mut Bahlam of Hiix Witz (El Pajaral, Guatemala), one of his wives or consorts who draws blood from her tongue with a thorn-studded rope. Opposite her sits Bird Jaguar, adorned with ornate ear-plugs, a nosepiece, bar pectoral, jade cylinder cuffs and a shield tied to his back. The fact that he is wearing a skull and skeletal serpent headdress, like Lady Xoc on lintel 25 suggests that he too is about to let blood by piercing his penis with the sharpened bone perforator he holds in front of him. The lintel comes from the right-hand doorway of the central chamber of Structure 21, and was removed to the British Museum in 1883. It is undated but probably 752, the same date as Lintel 13. The text suggests a penitential rite in celebration of a birth.
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<CENTER> Yaxchilan lintel 13</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This lintel had fallen from the central doorway of Structure 20 when discovered. It bears the date
9.16.0.14.5 1 Chikchan 13 Pop (13 Feb 752)and shows Bird Jaguar IV and his wife or consort Lady Chak Chami wielding hafted bloodletters and other bloodletting equipment. A large serpent disgorges a form which is probably their child, the future Shield Jaguar IV. The scene is probably a metaphorical one, but many key textual passages are eroded and obscure.</P>
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<CENTER> Yaxchilan lintel 1</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The lintel depicts Bird Jaguar IV dancing beside one of his wives or consorts, Lady Great Skull. The king manipulates a K'awiil scepter, while Lady Great Skull supports a large bundle of jades. The text suggest s that this event took place in front of a large crowd. Probably commissioned by Shield Jaguar IV whose name appears at the close of the inscription.
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<CENTER>Lintel 2</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The lintel shows Bird Jaguar IV dancing alongside his young son Chel Te' Chan K'inich, the future Shield Jaguar IV. The king holds two flowered bird staffs, while Shield Jaguar IV also carries one of these staffs. The text suggest s that this dance commemorated Bird Jaguar IV's fifth year of rule. The date 9.16.6.0.0 4 Ajaw 3 Sotz' (3 Apr 757) appears on the lintel.</P>
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<CENTER>Yaxchilan lintel 3 - a blurred image as all photographs were taken without flash</CENTER>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This lintel, located over the right-hand doorway of Structure 33It bears the date 9.16.5.0.0 8 Ajaw 8 Sotz' (8 Apr 756) and depicts Bird Jaguar IV dancing beside one of his sajals, K'in Mo' Ajaw. Both the king and his sajal bear K'awiil scepters to commemorate the first hotun of the seventeenth katun.</P>
</P>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-52632784944334562682008-02-27T02:16:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:37:35.837-08:00Early Tikal travellers<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Tikal was too remote to be visited by Stephens and Catherwood during their travels in the region in 1839 and 1840. It was not until 1848 that visits to the site were made by Ambrosio Tut and the Corregidor of the Peten district Modesto Méndez. Their report was published in the <I>Gaceta de Guatemala</I> in the same year. They were accompanied by a local artist Eusebio Lara, a native of Flores, who made at least ten drawings. These seem to have been coped on at least two occasions. One set was copied by the German Dr Ahrens, probably from originals then in the posession of Modesto Méndez and sent to Berlin by Hesse together with his translation of the report. They were engraved and published by the Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde in 1853. A year later an English translation of the report was made for Frederick Chatfield, the Chargé d'Affaires in Central America and was presented to Earl Stanhope who laid it before the Society of Antiquaries in 1854 together with another set of copies of Lara's drawings which were later presented to the Society of Antiquaries by Charles Chatfield.
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Since our visit to Tikal early in 2008 we have been able to view these drawings, which are very crude and do not capture the feel of the original monuments. Their attempts at transcribing the hieroglyphic inscriptions are useless for epigraphic puropses. Nevertheless it has been possible for Norman Hammond to identify the originals of most of the drawings for an article in <I>Antiquaries Journal</I> (vol. 64, 1984, p.83-103, which reproduces most of them, together with the German engravings and modern drawings and photographs and also a translation of the report. One example of the drawings will have to suffice here, but they can all be viewed online at the Society of Antquaries <A HREF="http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/SoA_images/search.cfm">Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects</A>. Put "Maya" in the keywords and submit your search.</P>
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<CENTER>Drawing in Society of Antiquaries, identified as Tikal Stela 11</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Modern drawing of Stela 11 by Michael Coe</CENTER>
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<CENTER>The Berlin engraved version of the drawing of Stela 11</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela 11 with altar in front</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-31014240514085687452008-02-26T04:50:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:37:40.712-08:00Catherwood in Yucatan<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">
In 1841 John L.Stephens arrived in Yucatan with the artist William Catherwood. They had prevously visited Maya cities in the highland region and published their account in <I>Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan</I>. The account of their second exploration appeared in 1843 under the title <I>Incidents of travel in Yucatan</I> and it provided for many sites the earliest accurate descriptions and pictures of the remains, which in many instances were cleared from the jungle for the first time for their survey.
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During our journey in 2008 we tried to discover the same spots where some of Catherwood's drawings had been made to see how the ruins had survived. It was not possible in all instances as areas of the sites were closed to visitors, but the following "then and now" pictures give an intersting insight into how researchers have been able to reconstruct and consolidate the structures.</P>
<B>Uxmal</B><BR />
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">
It was not possible to reproduce the panoramic view of the Governor's Palace from a distance, so an oblique view of the facade was taken.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The House of the Turtles, Uxmal shows some reconstruction but the building was substantially intact in 1841.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This section of the Nunnery, west front in Uxmal shows that considerable reconstruction has taken place since 1841.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Another section of the west front of the Nunnery in Uxmal also shows much reconstruction.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Two views of one end of the Nunnery, Uxmal</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">It was not possible to identify this corbelled arch in Uxmal, but many similar examples can be found. This double corbelled arch is in the Pigeon Quadrangle.</P>
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<B>Labná</B><BR />
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<CENTER>Arch, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace from causeway, Labná</CENTER>
<B>Kabah</B><BR />
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<CENTER>Palace, Kabah</CENTER>
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<B>Tulum</B><BR />
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<CENTER>Castillo</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of Chultun</CENTER>
<B>Chichen Itza</B><BR />
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<CENTER>Caracol</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Panorama of ballcourt from south</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castillo</CENTER>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">It was not possible to obtain this distant view over the Plaza of the Thousand Columns but some indication of the present state of this part of the site is given by this view of the colonnade by the Temple of the Warriors</P>
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The buildings in Mayapan are scaled-down versions of those in Chichen Itza, and the site has often been deprecated for this reason. Nevertheless its importance is now being realised by archaeologists. After the fall of Chichen Itza, probably about 1200, it became the leading city in Yucatan for two centuries. Like Chichen it has a Castillo or main pyramid, here known as the Castillo of Kukulcan, the reputed founder of the city. From the top are wonderful views across the central buildings and over the flat scrubby woodlands of Yucatan. To one side of the Castillo is a round building with a remarkable circular passageway inside, rather like the Caracol in Chichen, regarded as an astronomical observatory, although without any real evidence. Just below it by a small temple is an overgrown cenote. Unlike chultunes or cisterns, these are natural holes, produced where the limestone surface has collapsed to reveal underground caves, often providing a supply of water – vital in such a parched area. The Spaniards named them from the Maya word dzonot.
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There are also many administrative and residential buildings with extensive use made of columns to produce larger and lighter interiors. Unlike in the highlands, government seems to have been by council rather than by an individual, and the so-called Hall of the Kings just below the Castillo has a particularly long gallery to allow for the number of dignitaries to be accommodated. The decorations and sculptures on the site include fragments of frescoes and have the military themes derived from Toltec influence which showed close links with central Mexico. In one place fragments of floor plaster remains, showing that the floors too were decorated, with use of Maya blue as a background to patterns, and there was evidence of at least six layers of plaster, indicating a lengthy period of occupation of that level.</P>
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<CENTER>Mayapan seen from the entrance to the site</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure 64, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Crematorium, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Fisherman, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Round Temple and Castle of Kukulcan, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco decoration, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Round Temple, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Main Plaza, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corbelled vaulting inside the Round Temple, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corbelled vaulting inside the Round Temple, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View across room of Masks, past Cenote Chen Mul and Temple of Cenote, to corner of Castle of Kukulcan, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Frescoes of warriors, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Cenote Chen Mul, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco decoration, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Hall of the Kings, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View from Castle of Kukulcan, structures 72 and 70 in foreground</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View of Round Temple from Castle of Kukulcan, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View towards Crematorio from Castle of Kukulcan, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castle of Kukulcan, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Six layers of plaster indicasting long period of residence, Mayapan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Round Temple and Castle of Kukulcan</CENTER>
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<CENTER>The Maya creation myth as depicted by Fernando Castro Pacheco in the Governor's Palace, Mérida</CENTER>
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<CENTER>The 19th-century Caste Wars as depicted by Fernando Castro Pacheco in the Governor's Palace, Mérida</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stones from the Maya city of T'ho (Tihoo) used in the church of Iglesia de Jesus, Mérida</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Main pyramid of Acanceh in the village square</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-6808197124582410482008-02-11T14:16:00.000-08:002012-09-27T07:35:06.895-07:00Chichen Itza<p>Draft page. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Near the entrance to the site the visitor is confronted by the emblematic shape of the Castillo, a massive pyramid topped by the temple of Kukulcan. The structure reflects the Maya calendar with four flights of 91 steps plus one on the top platform making a total of 365. Other numbers represented are the eighteen months of the Maya year and the 52 years of the Meso-American century. On the equinoxes the shadow of the sun undulates down the steps forming a serpentine line which ends with the carved snake heads at the foot of the stairs. It is a spectacle that draws crowds much in the same way as the solstice at Stonehenge. The public are no longer permitted to climb it since several visitors were killed or injured after falling down the steep stairways. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Nearby is the Platform of Eagles and Jaguars, reflecting the two orders of knighthood introduced by the Toltecs. It is thought that they took over Chichen Itza after migrating from Tula in the Valley of Mexico in the tenth century. Certainly many of the features of the two sites are very similar, but Chichen is much bigger than Tula and the influence could well have been in the other direction. The debate continues. The platform is decorated by images of eagles eating human hearts. The destination of the heads of the hapless victims was clear from the adjacent tzompantli or skull rack, another import from the Valley of Mexico with its decoration of row upon row of impaled skulls. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A lighter note is struck by the Temple of the Jaguars with its rather endearing jaguar throne. This backed on to the main ball court of Chichen, a massive arena with stone hoops placed centrally along the two facing vertical walls and the sloping lower levels decorated with gruesome pictures of the fate of the players, whether winners or losers is unclear. They are shown decapitated with blood spurting from their necks. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Others did manage to die a natural death and were buried in low pyramids in the Osorio and surrounding structures. This was in an area where there were also residential structures, including the colonnaded Casa de las Mateles or house of the grindstones, evidently an area where corn was prepared. This is in the older classical part of the city where the dominant structure is the Caracol or snail, so-called from the winding stairway inside the circular tower which was evidently used as an observatory as the windows align to important celestial phenomena. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">On the southern edge of the small portion of the whole site that is open to visitors is the building named as Monjas. Like in Uxmal this was named by the Spaniards and it is more likely to have been an administrative building than a nunnery. It is elaborately carved with masks of the rain god Chac in the Chenes style. Nearby is a smaller building in the Puuc syle with the lowest level unadorned, dubbed the Iglesia, or church. Both of these facades were drawn in great detail by Catherwood. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">To the north of the site at the end of an old Mayan sacbe or causeway, now lined with people hawking knickknacks, to the formidable cenote or well, a massive natural depression in the limestone where maidens were reputedly cast as sacrifices to the rain god. American archaeologists dredged the well and discovered the bones of men as well as women and many offerings of jade and gold objects, some of which can be seen in the museum in Merida although much has been spirited away to the United States. </P><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The main structure in the Toltec part of the city is the Temple of the Warriors, a stepped pyramid fronted by rows of columns carved with warriors in bas-relief. This is very similar in layout to a temple complex in Tula, and the rows of columns continue ad infinitum in the neighbouring Square of the Thousand Columns which is though to have served as a market area. </P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4HQfkJY1Ue8_izV_Q_MDYFalGIBFyJ7cPXgNzOIEhykh894LdMN2NgeLlxIaHAZerhA1vtURRBA6iQrQ-a0Ipleyfe_xTFR-rKosw0WN069J96hD5bvW-WSvUtuahBvTXDioD-BiYOc0/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-13.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4HQfkJY1Ue8_izV_Q_MDYFalGIBFyJ7cPXgNzOIEhykh894LdMN2NgeLlxIaHAZerhA1vtURRBA6iQrQ-a0Ipleyfe_xTFR-rKosw0WN069J96hD5bvW-WSvUtuahBvTXDioD-BiYOc0/s320/MAYA-02-02-13.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165850850389360818" /></a> <center>Castillo</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyy3KM_re2oA5-m34D0JpfqTiH-bMVzlXC6rAPz4DgMzfQfrsLzVNDbxil_AYFJsiZxIX7L6w0coSrJbrtXZ_1b1LtCJamdYNdeOnt4X4blbVv134w_mjPsAqB3LFXIDxAmLJzlx-Z1EK/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-14.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQtt4bi5iUi55J5Z3sGT24gw4g1jf12nKBG3tA-10Trj2xWQCaqejKm0QEicHD8oN2Cri3EuyM6WDw3ThXS0wWiuzKgXdg7I-i1Zjc4ruoju9lP_l_ZsFzmcOypgyX2o29JiZ_qkXfmn4/s320/MAYA-02-02-16.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165850871864197346" /></a> <center>Castillo, serpent staircase</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5QCh3X7vrg0Y3ilb7jNYUKgeMruQM8cNOaQz5ufyiidDcy0KlC1UAJXujk-i1hYdfJsUhP6ngdoJ9oteQTarZZsylDZe9-D5JWSuvykjCvkc2YFWfixQaBBxeHj9Z2ekGNXgzlWH_Mr5/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-17.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5QCh3X7vrg0Y3ilb7jNYUKgeMruQM8cNOaQz5ufyiidDcy0KlC1UAJXujk-i1hYdfJsUhP6ngdoJ9oteQTarZZsylDZe9-D5JWSuvykjCvkc2YFWfixQaBBxeHj9Z2ekGNXgzlWH_Mr5/s320/MAYA-02-02-17.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165850876159164658" /></a> <center>Castillo, serpent staircase</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIQ_NZa4dXcSgPjQgA7pbez8lGLkK5DyX73ec7W-H6NpybIQ_FKXisPX_x0pRyHoWkkvDlCxYf0fwqNZu5X8RQlLeQPS_kmayZeO9mQtZjyn6e0BzASzfmub45fip81bIRj6L79UENR9k/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-18.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIQ_NZa4dXcSgPjQgA7pbez8lGLkK5DyX73ec7W-H6NpybIQ_FKXisPX_x0pRyHoWkkvDlCxYf0fwqNZu5X8RQlLeQPS_kmayZeO9mQtZjyn6e0BzASzfmub45fip81bIRj6L79UENR9k/s320/MAYA-02-02-18.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166032248333110274" /></a> <center>Castillo</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rg6VYS6CKGYDC1sy9UsXC9ytcrlTS7cyMg2K3yNHPc67dX3LB4CjOWxtG-yYuLBm2tWsaWoF_s_l4z0XWp9EUUAc6LNfJz3yNdWsgVuSSUldjqDLlCytVBwjRk596eQ1ihKberT_QxJL/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-19.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rg6VYS6CKGYDC1sy9UsXC9ytcrlTS7cyMg2K3yNHPc67dX3LB4CjOWxtG-yYuLBm2tWsaWoF_s_l4z0XWp9EUUAc6LNfJz3yNdWsgVuSSUldjqDLlCytVBwjRk596eQ1ihKberT_QxJL/s320/MAYA-02-02-19.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166032256923044882" /></a> <center>Platform of Eagles and Jaguars</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh37DahAuX4iwfKuK6wGzQHZvLinN6BB8vnrZNxjfBc8vIH3dTtRYHB7jtt7HJkIeZvJ373dqdicy6p4roOGKMTNiNal0zHpaN0MQWD_Dtsjx9ylx1PBSIEIHQNDh6TRobFTcfvmIXi2An/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-20.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVv5DzBLKq8nYRkFV52qdcwQx4j5GGfU-JHarF0tSTZeRaYE_R-oMMAM-m9CyFupPlykXMR3cMsB89D6hKq0XS099YIrHxErWe51oFDYqcdVgibQ21mp4iLHxQdH-pUQsSGMOcSSgBC13E/s320/MAYA-02-02-24.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033253355457634" /></a> <center>Jaguar throne in Temple of the Jaguars</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglKslL_LBdWMk3dgsCp8m4SrCzZzK1SUZc6Mc15GyHeZFpt_RprD9OHKmfhBlXkH75dYMXoJdvZDhcTmzGe3nCG0xHHbaSkVYN8b6fDRtgar_h1r7szvLjLO8xzUgSqU9mGrbZiWKFJ1c/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-25.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglKslL_LBdWMk3dgsCp8m4SrCzZzK1SUZc6Mc15GyHeZFpt_RprD9OHKmfhBlXkH75dYMXoJdvZDhcTmzGe3nCG0xHHbaSkVYN8b6fDRtgar_h1r7szvLjLO8xzUgSqU9mGrbZiWKFJ1c/s320/MAYA-02-02-25.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033257650424946" /></a> <center>Ball court from south</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEH6oeI9jb0-H3U9xxHzc_GZKn4PaB2a18-ejeKWj4PDnzAJCTOU9Fu2SV1tFby4RnhqHHpq4CLT31fusqPHPaHwNYgXfvManapfcHbdQDX4YMzV6q5UtqoxMoiVuDXYV6zjCFqoWAOoEH/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-26.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEH6oeI9jb0-H3U9xxHzc_GZKn4PaB2a18-ejeKWj4PDnzAJCTOU9Fu2SV1tFby4RnhqHHpq4CLT31fusqPHPaHwNYgXfvManapfcHbdQDX4YMzV6q5UtqoxMoiVuDXYV6zjCFqoWAOoEH/s320/MAYA-02-02-26.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033261945392258" /></a> <center>Ring on west wall of ball court</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kbbJGXLJ5-MnIZpWexg0vjDi_5PXA_TWHcDedz1mdl5stSXuE3UalQFKrkkwmmuW_urJjyspXI8Fae_eeQGAiD3_n05re2ea8jv1oWgukHRU-AoBMq4Rptu24Pr9CQmAbfD7I4nwIYoF/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-27.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kbbJGXLJ5-MnIZpWexg0vjDi_5PXA_TWHcDedz1mdl5stSXuE3UalQFKrkkwmmuW_urJjyspXI8Fae_eeQGAiD3_n05re2ea8jv1oWgukHRU-AoBMq4Rptu24Pr9CQmAbfD7I4nwIYoF/s320/MAYA-02-02-27.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033270535326866" /></a> <center>Bas relief showing decapitation of ball players</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnz-3YPo7qrOmJ4rKrre4wazh4gjEORJ32OI03dTctqt9S-mxRCd_fTvDufetP9W5XHwYnkXhyphenhyphenLlr4b0bAndwL_RidMpWifTqdQdDjBM-aIAL-Fc9Dos4PHtxMSAKla2_V_8ETxEqd0Q9/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnz-3YPo7qrOmJ4rKrre4wazh4gjEORJ32OI03dTctqt9S-mxRCd_fTvDufetP9W5XHwYnkXhyphenhyphenLlr4b0bAndwL_RidMpWifTqdQdDjBM-aIAL-Fc9Dos4PHtxMSAKla2_V_8ETxEqd0Q9/s320/MAYA-02-02-28.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033884715650210" /></a> <center>Panorama of ballcourt from south</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4BJgaAvptuji86LAdHFwkOOvv_dG4a7X0WaIz6nJ3NLn4VLC8aCNMjxroQy_-JI3Frj9P0PzsN0XmM0R_BoNHqJycVSf8SnmoWW6b2BhpA-XpbipHUO8pcXA5xhEdyCEIze6yxDLONpy/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-29.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4BJgaAvptuji86LAdHFwkOOvv_dG4a7X0WaIz6nJ3NLn4VLC8aCNMjxroQy_-JI3Frj9P0PzsN0XmM0R_BoNHqJycVSf8SnmoWW6b2BhpA-XpbipHUO8pcXA5xhEdyCEIze6yxDLONpy/s320/MAYA-02-02-29.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033884715650226" /></a> <center>Wall of ball court with Temple of Jaguar</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcnQ9e3yPbyQ3PvLnrPBr3gbnRvpre1Wp78RF6L4E68An0JtW-u47TaViL8idkoGMGcTYjzKMVMiihopQN7cwL1SlMsaFE67eIM0md_-ddI05hlpKx6UjXraX2w6eB_Nf13gDytSc9L9Y/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-30.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20LT9KGnwaPyBedQGMYdeAsjtUKsYfT7iq4VaIQCEkLO5DXDXrH2dtvAExZCHulkz9LXFts6WAdQOAFISKFHIwdAH8qU3-6_9ZIXQ30fHMscbRkjbugqXQvdABfLjF6YkutSZ3m0dNlkc/s320/MAYA-02-02-32.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166033901895519458" /></a> <center>El Osario</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxv82ep-vX1ZSUwMN1BSrNT9slx-eOrMpE0B-E11nrC4G2ItTbih0_kR722QKAIrz7N-PCdqk-zsVPg1dP7wQAbBRDHOg-aMMH303pZ7e3AGPKpsESQD9oG8Qnp95efGpFpIOPf9x-Pmg/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-33.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxv82ep-vX1ZSUwMN1BSrNT9slx-eOrMpE0B-E11nrC4G2ItTbih0_kR722QKAIrz7N-PCdqk-zsVPg1dP7wQAbBRDHOg-aMMH303pZ7e3AGPKpsESQD9oG8Qnp95efGpFpIOPf9x-Pmg/s320/MAYA-02-02-33.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034447356366066" /></a> <center>Casa le los Matates</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3t43GvizR77CSzOqYjRjVDtsQB-JzZ1XxAMpbFSz8_Mx3UKWNaqzccoikZyhEhqInKulFTWIHst6yCln8wiA_hsUD3zC08V-z7LMfHq4YHFKmUBVcqMy-7re2WiUT0HAqiriYIFs5xDd/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-34.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3t43GvizR77CSzOqYjRjVDtsQB-JzZ1XxAMpbFSz8_Mx3UKWNaqzccoikZyhEhqInKulFTWIHst6yCln8wiA_hsUD3zC08V-z7LMfHq4YHFKmUBVcqMy-7re2WiUT0HAqiriYIFs5xDd/s320/MAYA-02-02-34.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034451651333378" /></a> <center>Templo del Venado</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbxbG6sFbd_dEyqYsKOhgScvQ28WByTbVM-u5-TxaRWg0jKMuSM3yNav9BJjo-CSLE3mwUFOKTwXIrXOiRkNBEZ0NTSPxU4mJN0VbO_glu0c8rLlVCOhzPpefYKfvg6SUt-Baulh5RirX/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-35.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbxbG6sFbd_dEyqYsKOhgScvQ28WByTbVM-u5-TxaRWg0jKMuSM3yNav9BJjo-CSLE3mwUFOKTwXIrXOiRkNBEZ0NTSPxU4mJN0VbO_glu0c8rLlVCOhzPpefYKfvg6SUt-Baulh5RirX/s320/MAYA-02-02-35.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034464536235282" /></a> <center>Caracol</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4rv5FH_FREbBgFzvdmWPDEn_q_3_lPb4kfGfSSZAWliyyzd1Slqr2kQOM4j_fzWCSOCj5uvvpFGJhEMzfDcWSYwDNfnzue_WRrYjJijAhGC7_9Tq01wavHvxi9oDecef7FCrHhUA9xle/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-36.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4rv5FH_FREbBgFzvdmWPDEn_q_3_lPb4kfGfSSZAWliyyzd1Slqr2kQOM4j_fzWCSOCj5uvvpFGJhEMzfDcWSYwDNfnzue_WRrYjJijAhGC7_9Tq01wavHvxi9oDecef7FCrHhUA9xle/s320/MAYA-02-02-36.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034468831202594" /></a> <center>Caracol</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4rpfiVGa0NWWBYcltkoKgU0JaC1cbHNGgYa5Iff3S2OPzcFrg4MaiKF9bmOxOh7z8SSPCS8H28ihUC-AtpaBBmHBDo6z-YY9wVtnSmBrPO3sYdTJcNfWzKFk-7NTw7XGA6GSrvOpGEzm/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-37.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4rpfiVGa0NWWBYcltkoKgU0JaC1cbHNGgYa5Iff3S2OPzcFrg4MaiKF9bmOxOh7z8SSPCS8H28ihUC-AtpaBBmHBDo6z-YY9wVtnSmBrPO3sYdTJcNfWzKFk-7NTw7XGA6GSrvOpGEzm/s320/MAYA-02-02-37.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034473126169906" /></a> <center>Templo de los Tableros?</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCroBkG6z-drpaOP9wBZG0cWxfJlOkCF9P1Ic7rAStG3Lo4oHUQEn9U4VWpAP7lGcoy6GtKFBXaoociHQTdfktxOWdlxIaPcWfCWGpZYEsbgai2zgUjXrTqMhUBZp25i_h-jcEoPMJWq2n/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-38.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCroBkG6z-drpaOP9wBZG0cWxfJlOkCF9P1Ic7rAStG3Lo4oHUQEn9U4VWpAP7lGcoy6GtKFBXaoociHQTdfktxOWdlxIaPcWfCWGpZYEsbgai2zgUjXrTqMhUBZp25i_h-jcEoPMJWq2n/s320/MAYA-02-02-38.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034975637343554" /></a> <center>Caracol</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUcfhCbKdBM7R1CGUKyqlcSmAu2a0elr6IGfl7ygC1yBTU-iMetfkmdw46VQx31-KDZlwkrxnexHS7btQ8oR5DYCVMFEFTKxgPlnSf5TNNgBMCmMqgjn2GXQA7mVe8QSBXzWYQl3YRZBX/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-39.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUcfhCbKdBM7R1CGUKyqlcSmAu2a0elr6IGfl7ygC1yBTU-iMetfkmdw46VQx31-KDZlwkrxnexHS7btQ8oR5DYCVMFEFTKxgPlnSf5TNNgBMCmMqgjn2GXQA7mVe8QSBXzWYQl3YRZBX/s320/MAYA-02-02-39.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034984227278162" /></a> <center>Las Monjas</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgcDHSmpDt-9FpFzxWy4bRDMSYnxWNjaNBi4S4NMjiTCpIH1ERVc3OloRB-My2dlGIeMvvOvZqy50NFooQxPKfkfNxz_Sj4SzlmfsJZvks9eTk2v0QlZnukiEUeOeQ0cQRyfNwAXvLDZ8/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-40.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgcDHSmpDt-9FpFzxWy4bRDMSYnxWNjaNBi4S4NMjiTCpIH1ERVc3OloRB-My2dlGIeMvvOvZqy50NFooQxPKfkfNxz_Sj4SzlmfsJZvks9eTk2v0QlZnukiEUeOeQ0cQRyfNwAXvLDZ8/s320/MAYA-02-02-40.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034992817212770" /></a> <center>Las Monjas and Iglesia</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQhItRiPSWOtUAs4CywBvmiEdwOkCNO_U6dWl8fToq3HpSzXTEXWvcFyRSsercto9cb_atFh2L69pUS-wG4ujN6ynvgxyu1aTqY-8RzHD-8zdUpthO5simwOMXPUhbe1RREt5h0R9jtY1/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-41.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQhItRiPSWOtUAs4CywBvmiEdwOkCNO_U6dWl8fToq3HpSzXTEXWvcFyRSsercto9cb_atFh2L69pUS-wG4ujN6ynvgxyu1aTqY-8RzHD-8zdUpthO5simwOMXPUhbe1RREt5h0R9jtY1/s320/MAYA-02-02-41.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166034997112180082" /></a> <center>Iglesia</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UIhyUaxNHg0tAyjrNRrmKnmJwOmDlZEncXQ1SveTnZY3vZl99NB4OVRGpdJtbztnAEnWNUaps7EEViiPwiWzgO_jHMB3Y0AQOOyykNTJ4XAYsc-Hag0-LkjGUv6qIdA2SYHwAhy91CyO/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-42.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UIhyUaxNHg0tAyjrNRrmKnmJwOmDlZEncXQ1SveTnZY3vZl99NB4OVRGpdJtbztnAEnWNUaps7EEViiPwiWzgO_jHMB3Y0AQOOyykNTJ4XAYsc-Hag0-LkjGUv6qIdA2SYHwAhy91CyO/s320/MAYA-02-02-42.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166035005702114690" /></a> <center>Las Monjas</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTs_fBaeKtm73WC-rO5ktZiTmSsUF2RZ-8yDcnt_73sjzlRwMwn1WKZvyitKM3COHNKiUacAKjXFdSEhNruAyVAY9Dp8X90y9gGqBFWQjUbT5L-kSJFbTXnEbz6teBRoNaw8bOGi_eKT_/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-43.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTs_fBaeKtm73WC-rO5ktZiTmSsUF2RZ-8yDcnt_73sjzlRwMwn1WKZvyitKM3COHNKiUacAKjXFdSEhNruAyVAY9Dp8X90y9gGqBFWQjUbT5L-kSJFbTXnEbz6teBRoNaw8bOGi_eKT_/s320/MAYA-02-02-43.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166035692896882066" /></a> <center>Las Monjas, detail of doorway</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uWO9q87pl_FX-BrJvczUIndmbARlPDts7AyG8buL1p8qHE1wg9It61e9CMS1vUQTUJBknEsgNFTdW6zGx3hSo_ZQnRmR5iMgBBcbkqeN9nU2zobT1A7aUVVHbJtJIjEdLy_6minqBRGb/s1600-h/MAYA-02-02-44.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlQHBVOvRCMHxL0_LYSIIDMa_qyYrGAhpzrruHVezCKA3HabUZ6O6E5UobVz8587hJRUqh5eVIGw29qdEOZvAgIGQZHHugMnqfSWSDwnz-ewPpvXlcSYw2tMkpak3mTSNamXhG89nN6-6/s320/MAYA-02-02-56.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166036981387071010" /></a> <center>Serpent heads reused in the village church in the nearby village of Piste</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-81928989041266228272008-02-11T14:07:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:37:51.352-08:00Coba<P>Draft page.
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Coba lies between two alligator infested lagoons in an area of dense woodland. The site is extensive and cycles can be hired.
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The main group of structures is near the entrance and the pyramid of Nohoch Mul, the second highest in Yucatan is about two kilometres distant. The way leads past a series of structures set in the woodland, including the Conjunto de las Pinturas, the starting point of a raised causeway, and a ball court. There are several eroded stelae, showing that the site was occupied in the classic period. In some ways the style harkens back to Tikal and other sites further south, in fact in one part of the ruins there are carvings that have been identified as Queens of Tikal standing on local captives.
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The Nohoch Mul is most impressive with 120 steep uneven steps. The view at the top is extensive, with the lagoon in the distance. Coba is most remarkable as being the hub of no fewer than forty sacbes or causeways, the longest running in an almost straight line for 100 Km westward to Yaxuna to the south of Chichen Itza. How they managed to engineer wide straight roads, paved with gleaming white stucco through trackless scrubby woodland with no hills to provide vantage points is a mystery. Modern Coba did not have a metalled road leading to it until the 1970s. In classic times Coba supported a population estimated at 50,000 and survived long into the post-classic period, with new constructions continuing into the 14th century.</P>
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<CENTER>Main Coba group, La Iglesia</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Main Coba group, tunnel under stairway</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Tree showing lichens used for dyes by Mayas</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court in main group</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Death head in main group</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ring in main group ball court</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Building in main group</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Building in main group</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela in main group</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Start of raised causeway</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple in Conjunto de las Pinturas</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela in Conjunto de las Pinturas</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Reconstruction of stela</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nohoch Mul</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View toward Lago Coba from top of Nohoch Mul</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Figure of the descending god</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure in Chumuc Mul group showing successive rebuildings</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-81983961440750799542008-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:37:54.094-08:00Tulum<P>Draft page.
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Tulum is a post-classic town, probably founded in around 1200, perhaps as a port for the town of Coba, to which it was connected by a causeway. It was clearly of strategic significance and was surrounded by defensive walls with watchtowers at the corners. The buildings are not spectacular but the seaside location and spacious layout makes it an agreeable place to visit, and it was crowded by day-trippers from the Maya Riviera. The dominant building is the Castillo, perched on cliffs above the sea and the buildings bear marks of Toltec influence. There is a temple to the Descending God, probably personifying the setting sun, and it is appropriate that this, the last of our Maya sites dates from the twilight of Maya civilisation. It was viewed from the sea by the Spanish explorer Grijalva in 1518 and a member of the expedition described its brightly painted buildings and the fire burning on top of one of the buildings. The site continued to be occupied by the Maya until the end of the 16th century.</P>
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<CENTER>Northern defensive wall</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View north along coast from defensive wall</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of Halach Uinic</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Winds</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Cenote</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stone for grinding maize</CENTER>
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<CENTER>North watchtower</CENTER>
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<CENTER>General view toward Temple of Wid</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of Columns?</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Grand Palace</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of Chultun</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of Chultun</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Grand Palace</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castillo</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castillo</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Wind</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castillo from the clifftop</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Descending God</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Descending God</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Castillo from clifftop</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Clifftop with northern fortifications</CENTER>
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<CENTER>South gate</CENTER>
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<CENTER>General view towards Castillo from west gate</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-52359084372187735592008-02-11T13:32:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:38:00.584-08:00Uxmal<P>Draft page, captions to add and text to revise.
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Uxmal was occupied during the classic period and most of the visible buildings date from around the eighth and ninth centuries. It is also a town that survives into the historical period recorded at the time of the Spanish conquest. For a while in the 11th century it was part of the league of cities which included Chichen Itza. The centre of power then shifted to Mayapan until in 1441 the Xiu rulers of Uxmal threw off their yoke. During the conquest the Xiu family allied themselves with the Spaniards.
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The Pyramid of the Magician, supposedly built in a single night, lies at the entrance to the site, unusual on two counts, firstly because of its rounded corners and secondly because, when it was reconstructed the additions were built not over the top, but just behind it, leaving the older stairway and temple still visible on one side.
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The buildings are decorated with geometrical mosaics of stone. Our guide described the site as poetry in stone and the friezes were certainly invocations to Chac, the god of rain, and many of the creatures depicted were associated with water and fertility. There were reliefs of birds and the feathered serpent wound its way along the tops of the lengthy buildings. Perhaps the most perfect and most elaborate complex was the sc-called Nunnery with buildings around four sides of the quadrangle where the sound and light show was held. The Maya cleverly allowed for perspective to prevent distortion in the lines of the long buildings. Beyond the ball-court, which had rings rather than markers the House of the Governor stood in a prominent position near the Grand Pyramid. Probably its original function is represented by the name the Spaniards gave it. There is the figure of a ruler placed centrally on the long façade and in front of it is a jaguar throne on a raised dais.
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To one side of the Governor's palace is the House of the Turtles, perhaps the simplest and most classical in style of the buildings with turtles on the cornice above the colonnades.</P>
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<CENTER>Distant view of Uxmal from across the forest</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Chultun, or cistern, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Birds, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, west wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, north wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, north wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, east wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, north wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, hieroglyphic text, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of facade, showing Maya adobe and thatch hut with double-headed serpents, Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Mosaic showing double-headed serpents, Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Owl and chaac masks, Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, south wing with view towards Governor's Palace, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, west wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, detail of west wing, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Hand print under archway, Nunnery, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Turtles from below, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Governor's Palace, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Governor's Palace, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Jaguar throne in front of Governor's Palace, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View from the House of the Turtles across ball-court towards Nunnery and Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Pyramid of the Magician from the House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Double corbelled arch in Pigeon Quadrangle, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Great Pyramid, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View across ball-court to Nunnery from the House of the Turtles, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Faced blocks of stone with tenons behind to fix to facades, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Inscribed hoop in ball-court, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, west front, detail, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, west front, detail, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nunnery, west front, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Head of deity showing tenon to fix it into facade, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Figure in niche with heiroglyphic frame, Uxmal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Phallus, Uxmal</CENTER>
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In Kabah the most extraordinary structure is the Codz Pop, the Palace of the Masks, which is decorated with no less than 260 masks of the rain god with his curled nose projecting in an endless prayer for rain. It also has its arch, this one freestanding as a ceremonial entrance at the end of the causeway from Uxmal. At five metres wide it must be one of the widest spaces spanned by the Mayan corbelled arch.</P>
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<CENTER>Palace, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Codz Pop, Palace of the Masks, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Codz Pop, Palace of the Masks, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Codz Pop, Palace of the Masks, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela depicting warrior capturing a prisoner, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Atlantes on rear of Codz Pop, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure with columns, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace, Kabah</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Arch, Kabah</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-15956353394825189882008-02-11T13:20:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:03.187-08:00Labna<P>Draft page - captions to add.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Labna is most famous for its arch which links two ranges of buildings. The palace is one of the longest structures in the Yucatan, about 120 metres in length, and like the palace in Sayil is decorated with masks and columns.</P>
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<CENTER>Palace, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of Palace, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of Palace, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Vaulted room in Palace with fragments of decorative stones, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Causeway leading from Palace to Arch, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Arch, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>El Mirador, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Arch, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Mirador and Arch, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure near Arch with Mirador behind, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace, Labná</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuUD0wiuSmBLm3j-rD96v7TNH2wSs3dfmfbTP01zaILF2kx3TVUjJ1K6JEB-zzsO26n7H30U4ICR3h58eoe3MSsYCVzPajopCj1Y6D9Am8abOl07GXMNUps64aBTVFEoU1ix3AS_DwFC8/s1600-h/MAYA-01-30-50.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuUD0wiuSmBLm3j-rD96v7TNH2wSs3dfmfbTP01zaILF2kx3TVUjJ1K6JEB-zzsO26n7H30U4ICR3h58eoe3MSsYCVzPajopCj1Y6D9Am8abOl07GXMNUps64aBTVFEoU1ix3AS_DwFC8/s320/MAYA-01-30-50.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166008574473372994" /></a>
<CENTER>Palace from causeway, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure of the Columns, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Fragment of pottery, Labná</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Adobe and thatch hut, Labná</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-74883056264689405472008-02-11T13:13:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:05.808-08:00Sayil<P>Draft page - captions to add<BR />
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Sayil is a late clasic and post-classic site in the Puuc region. It is famous for its three-storey palace decorated with a frieze of masks of the rain god Chac. It was worth keeping on his good side in this limestone region where water is so scarce. It also makes use of columns, both free-standing and as a bas-relief motif, something not seen in earlier visits to highland sites.</P>
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<CENTER>Stela, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Building under restoration, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of Palace, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>El Mirador, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Yum Keep, phallic sculpture, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Hieroglyphic doorway, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corbelled vault, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Tumbled stones from facade shwoing tenons to attach to building, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Chaac mask, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corbelled vault and niche, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Chaac mask, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace, Sayil</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of Palace, Sayil</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-73275768164294876082008-02-11T13:05:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:38:08.669-08:00Edzna<P>Draft page - captions to add<BR />
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The little visited Mayan site of Edzna is on a monumental scale. On one side of the Plaza Principal is the Nohochna or Big House an extremely elongated structure facing a series of steps which lead up to a further enclosure on the far side of which is the Edificio de los Cinco Pisos, a mixture of a palace and a temple with colonnaded facades on five levels. A struggle up the steep staircase is rewarded by a magnificent panorama of the whole site and out across the flat forested expanse of the Yucatan peninsula.
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To the south, beyond the ball court is the Templo de Mascarones where archaeologists had stripped off the outer layer to reveal two masks of the sungod, complete with original colouring. The puzzling Templo de la Escalinata con Relievos includes what appears to be a late and clumsy attempt at a hieroglyphic staircase.</P>
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<CENTER>Stela, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure with columns, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Arch in Area of Ambassadors, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Nohoch Na platform on main Plaza opposite Building of the Five Stories</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Building of the Five Stories, West Side, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>House of the Moon (left), Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Great Acropolis with Grand Plaza and Nohoch Na beyond, from top of Building of Five Stories, Edzna</CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluNIIOBQlKRhxoyb-tHe_-bP57g_5X8A4uupZfzuMi3hprjx-sxmn-E4P1WiOquXnGEOemIKI22bxfBEPfk-0D7kML11Ef9zN-qNPiSU8LEjYHbDJMuiaAZCd4Ztzshvc8JpIGgy0yFTc/s1600-h/MAYA-01-29-17.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluNIIOBQlKRhxoyb-tHe_-bP57g_5X8A4uupZfzuMi3hprjx-sxmn-E4P1WiOquXnGEOemIKI22bxfBEPfk-0D7kML11Ef9zN-qNPiSU8LEjYHbDJMuiaAZCd4Ztzshvc8JpIGgy0yFTc/s320/MAYA-01-29-17.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166011258827933218" /></a>
<CENTER>Structures in Great Acropolis from top of Building of Five Stories, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Panorama of Great Acropolis with Grand Plaza beyond from Building of the Five Stories, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corner of Building of the Five Stories, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Sun god masks, Temple of Masks, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco masks, Temple of Masks, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Decorated Stairs, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court, Edzna</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Building of the Five Stories from Nohoch Na, Edzna</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-46702087824414393972008-02-11T09:34:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:38:15.234-08:00Palenque<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Draft page - captions to add.
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Palenque is a stunningly beautiful site, set amidst the steaming green jungle where avocado, orange, teak, mahogany, and the sacred Ceibal (Capoc) trees offer shade from the hot sunshine and a home to exotic birds.
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The impressive Plaza Central is reached immediately from the entrance where local Maya, often dressed in white robes, tout souvenirs and foodstuffs. The main square is dominated by the Temple of the Inscriptions built to house the tomb of Pacal II who ruled for 67 years from 615 to 683AD. Despite his long reign his tomb had to be completed by his son and successor Chan Bahlam who ruled until 702. The tomb, which is down a narrow flight of steps within the pyramid was first discovered in 1952 by Alberto Ruz Lhuiller, who now lies buried opposite the temple. The famous sarcophagus lid, which Von Däniken though represented an astronaut, still lies within the temple, but can no longer be visited. To the right of the Temple of the Inscriptions however, near Temple 12, can be seen the burial of a woman, discovered in 1994, probably the wife of Pacal. From the plaza steps lead up to the palace complex, which is richly decorated with stucco and with tantalising traces of mural painting. From the upper terraces of the palace is a view across to the Temple of the Count, named after the eccentric French count Jean Frederic Waldek who lived in the structure for two years while he made highly fanciful drawings of the site. The palace has an unusual square tower which probably doubled as a watch-tower and astronomical observatory. It is thought that the astronomers used basins of water in which the reflections of the heavens assisted their observation - certainly the topmost roof is an addition of the archaeologists. A maze of damp subterranean passages can be visited with remains of latrines and sweat baths, which showed that the ruling family lived in some style. Leaving the Palace and crossing the River Otulum, which the Maya had converted into a covered channel passing beneath the Palace, steps lead up to a second plaza with three temples constructed by Chan Bahlam, the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Foliated Cross, and the Temple of the Cross. Two of these have the full roof combs which, like the stucco decorations in an elaborate, almost baroque style, are a distinctive feature of Palenque. All three temples contain wonderful bas-reliefs with extensive inscriptions set within shrines. Temple 18 just outside the group also has a remarkably preserved bas relief, discovered relatively recently. From the top of the Temple of the Cross is a wonderful view across the site and out over the forested lowland stretching away into the distance. Following the culvert of the Otulum river below the Palace the remarkably ball court is reached. Crossing the river again at a point where it falls in cascades down a wooded valley a path leads to the remote Group C, consisting of buildings only partly disengaged from the woodlands and hiding who know what treasures, still to be found by archaeologists.
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The people of Palenque have adopted the recently discovered Mayan rulers as part of their heritage, not always in the best of taste. The profile of Pacal adorns the Town Hall and park benches. There is even a statue of his mother in the centre of the town and a giant copy of his head on the roundabout out of town!</P>
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<CENTER>Central Plaza with Temple of Inscriptions to left, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Inscriptions with Temple 13 in front, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace with observatory tower, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco decoration on palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco decoration on palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stucco decoration on palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corridor in palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Rooms in palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace with observatory tower, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Count seen from the palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace courtyard and observatory tower, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Roundels which once contained portraits, in palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Bas-reliefs of captives in palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Latrine in palace, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Lady Sak K'uk' presents her son K'inich Janaab' Pakal with a headdress at his accession in AD615</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace with culvert of River Otulum, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Cross, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Sun, dating from AD690</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Foliated Cross, panel including K'inich Kan B'alam II to left, Pakal to right, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>View towards palace from Temple of the Foliated Cross. Temple of Cross to right, Temple of the Sun to left</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Cross, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Palace (right) and Temple of Inscriptions (left) from Temple of the Cross</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Sun from Temple of the Cross</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Cross, carved panel in enclosed shrine showing flowering world tree growing from a sacrificial bowl, flanked by depictipons of Kan B'alam as a child and then as a man, AD692</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Panel to right of shrine, Temple of the Cross, showing God G1, one of the triad of Palenque patrons. He is wearing a fish-barbed earplug.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Panel to left of shrine, Temple of the Cross, showing K'inich Kan B'alam II.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Sun from the Temple of the Cross, Palenque, AD692</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Temple of the Sun, tablet of the sun, Palenque, AD692</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corridor in palace with stucco decoration, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structures in Group C, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structures in Group C, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Bas relief in Temple 17, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of glyphic inscription on bas relief in Temple 17, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Tomb of the archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuiller, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Reconstruction of the panel in the Temple of the Cross, Palenque</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Reconstruction of the sarcophagus lid in the tomd of K'inich Jaanab' Pakal I in the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, died AD683</CENTER>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qS7GRB6rLpBE-KCDsK5O2jaYkJhdqYyVJSaFbCHxvxZVJh2yfohXP028F7CDr9IhSAj7qK7DobYaeoybgkkL0TQFH733XDnH2gwjTs_Jv_3kPpLbwFYa81x169RnPjP405Vcu3Q-Ka00/s1600-h/MAYA-01-28-59.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qS7GRB6rLpBE-KCDsK5O2jaYkJhdqYyVJSaFbCHxvxZVJh2yfohXP028F7CDr9IhSAj7qK7DobYaeoybgkkL0TQFH733XDnH2gwjTs_Jv_3kPpLbwFYa81x169RnPjP405Vcu3Q-Ka00/s320/MAYA-01-28-59.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166016966839470242" /></a>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-24296643644101191442008-02-11T09:18:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:17.200-08:00BonampakDraft page - cations to add<BR />
Bonampak is famed for the three rooms of murals in structure one on the main plaza, a unique survival from the classic period. Painted in fresco in 790 they depict the ceremonial initiation of the young heir to the throne, a battle, the subsequent judgement of the prisoners and the following celebrations. There is vivid insight into court life and the colours of the costumes give a hint of how the painted stelae must once have looked. Each room must have been painted in one session before the plaster dried and there is a masterly sureness of line. The The site is run by the local Lacandon Maya who own the land and drive visitors there in mini-buses. The site itself is small – just one main plaza with is temples and acropolis. There are large flat stelae carved in elegant low relief, mainly depicting Chaan Muan, the ruler in 790. Structure three to the left of the temple of the murals also shows faint traces of paintings. One of the group who had visited some years back says that the colours are less distinct than when he last visited them. The guides only allow three people into each room at a time and flash is not allowed but one wonders how long these paintings can remain generally accessible.<BR />
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<CENTER>Grand Plaza with view towards Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Lacandon Maya, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela in front of the Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Facade of Temple of the Paintings</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Section of battle scene, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Court scene, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Orchestra, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Courtiers, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Dying captive, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Lintel shwing warrior taking captive, Temple of the Paintings, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stairway by Structure 3, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela, Bonampak</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Main Plaza with Temple of Paintings on right, </CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-12245925426597315062008-02-11T09:06:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:18.303-08:00SeibalDraft page - captions to add<BR />
The Mayan city was quite lost amidst the foliage. We found a Ball Court, ruined walls, carved and decorated stelae, pyramids and altars. The site was occupied much later than other sites in the region and some of the late stelae show distinct influences of highland Mexican style. Left to our own device for a while we discovered in a clearing a circular platform with the base of a rectangular building on top.
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<CENTER>Ball court, Seibal, still to be restored</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Model of the site of Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure with stela in front, perhaps Temple A3, Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela, perhaps of Aj B'olon Haab'tal, 849AD</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Corbelled arch in structure in Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Portrait of ruler wearing Chaac mask, Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela showing influence of central Mexico, Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela in the jungle, Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure in jungle clearing, Seibal</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela showing central Mexican influence, Seibal</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-50852432594614364942008-02-11T08:45:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:20.501-08:00YaxhaDraft page, captions to revise<BR /><BR />
Yaxha is not as well known as the major sites but is in fact the third most extensive set of excavated ruins in the classic Maya area. It is also the only site whose name survives from that period. It was long under the influence of Tikal and is the only known site apart from Tikal to have a twin-pyramid complex around its main plaza. The small ballcourt is also reminiscent of Tikal. Excavations on the main plaza revealed three superimposed layers of staircases and a large stucco mask that had adorned the façade of one of the earlier pyramids. There are several stelae, some with the goggle-like mask of the rain god. Stelae and altars had been toppled and ritually broken, perhaps to prevent them from being desecrated when the city fell in the ninth century. A long causeway leads from the lake across the site and was used to drag stones on rollers from nearby quarries. Once disused, the quarries became reservoirs or waste pits. Near the entrance is a four-sided pyramid aligned to the four cardinal points and used as an astronomical observatory. We climbed Temple 216 for a wonderful view of nearby Laguna Yaxha and the tops of other pyramids which rose at a distance above the forest canopy.
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It was at this site, located at the end of an eleven kilometre long bumpy dirt track, that an episode of the TV series Survivor was filmed, bringing much needed money and publicity to help with the excavation work and presentation of the site.
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<CENTRE>Model of site, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Partly uncovered buildings, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Stela 11, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Stela with broken altar, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>North Acropolis, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Ball court, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Strucures through the trees, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Stela, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Stucco decoration, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Section through temple showing successive rebuildings, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Temples in East Acropolis, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Temples in East Acropolis, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Temple 2, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Structure 216 seen from Mirador Temple, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Temple 1, Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Yaxha</CENTRE>
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<CENTRE>Temple 3, Yaxha</CENTRE>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-38285240525766427362008-02-11T08:20:00.001-08:002021-03-12T05:43:13.970-08:00Tikal<div style="text-align: justify;">The magnificent site of Tikal has a long history. It was settled about 600 BC. and was abandoned by its rulers around AD 890 when there is evidence that some of the elite palaces were burned. It was completely deserted shortly after and only explored for the first time in 1848. The extensive site contains temples, pyramids, palaces, causeways, ball courts and plazas, covering an more than 16 square kilometres. At its height its population was estimated at between 50,000 and 100,000. Many of the main buildings that can be seen today were completed between the 6th and 9th centuries, during the late classic period. In the early classic period there was a carefully maintained relationship between the high priests and the people. The priests used the astronomical and other knowledge they had built up to coordinate the planting and harvesting activities of the people who in turn would keep them in their elite position. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Matters changed in the fourth century when the central Mexican city of Teotihuacan took over Tikal, married into the ruling family and introduced its more bellicose ideas. Every five years the Venus wars were fought, ritual conflicts to obtain captives of sacrifice to the gods. For a while Tikal was successful, but in 562 the ruler of Tikal was captured and sacrificed by the rival city of Calakmul. For more than a century there was little building and Tikal suffered a series of defeats by Calakmul. Only in 695 did the ruler of Tikal eventually defeat Calakmul and initiate the flurry of building that led to the awe-inspiring complex of buildings we see today. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Temple One was completed in 695, Temple Two in 702, Temple Three in about 810 and Temple Four in about 750. All these are massive structures but were mostly built over earlier buildings as the culmination of a millennium of construction work. In the façade of the North Acropolis it is possible to see fragments of stairways, large decorative masks and doorways from earlier phases of the construction which the Mayan architects later built over. Set away from the ceremonial centre, Temple Four rears to a height of 70 metres above the forest canopy and from its top the other temples and tree-covered mounds rise above the gently undulating forests of the Peten.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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<center>Temple with stelae and altars in front</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Stela with altar in front</center>
<p align="JUSTIFY">There is much of the site that awaits restoration. Temples on top of pyramids emerge through clearings in the jungle canopy. In some cases these are simply tree-covered mounds awaiting excavation and reconstruction, but in the Grand Plaza extensive restoration has been undertaken.</p>
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<center>Fallen stela broken by tree trunk</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Unexcavated temple</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Partly uncovered temple</center>
<p align="JUSTIFY">The Great plaza is the heart of the site. Two temples, numbered Temple One and Temple Two by the archaeologists face each other from the east and west sides of the plaza, crowned by elaborate roof-combs which formerly had massive stuccoed and painted masks, while at the north side looms the Northern Acropolis in front of which is a row of stelae with round altars before them.</p>
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<center>Temple 2 from North Acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Temple 1 from north acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Temple 2 from North Acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Temple 1 from North Acropolis. </center><center>Temple 1 (also known as the Temple of Ah Cacao or Temple of the Great Jaguar) was built around 695</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Mask on earlier level of North Acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Temple 32 on North Acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Stela 11 with altar in front. For the stela as seen by the first explorers of the site. </center><center>See <a herf="http://mayamiscellany.blogspot.com/2008/02/early-tikal-travellers.html">Early Tikal Travellers</a>.</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Temple 3, built about AD810.</center>
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<center>Temple 4, the largest structure at Tikal, is approximately 70 meters tall. It was constructed in the reign of Yik’in Chan Kawil (Ruler B, the son of Ruler A or Jasaw Chan K'awiil I). </center><center>Two carved wooden lintels over the doorway leading into the temple on the summit of the pyramid include a long count date (9.15.10.0.0) that corresponds to 741 </center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Stela 16 in Group N shows Jasaw Chan K'awil in 711.</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>View from Temple 4 toward Temples 3, 2 and 1.</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>View from Temple 4 toward Temples 3, 2 and 1.</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>View from Temple 4 toward Temples 3, 2 and 1.</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>One of the twin pyramids in Complex Q, built by Yax Nuun Ayiin II (also known as Chitam) in 771, with stelae and altars in front</center>
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<center>Temple 3 from the Central Acropolis</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Plaza of the Seven Temples</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Side view of Temple 3 from Mundo Perdido</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Mundo Perdido complex</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Corbelled arch, Mundo Perdido</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Mundo Perdido complex</center><center><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165764096344947410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LVtalHDhHTvYnzR0lQKC7klwjo20-GkEVQqiOAz3ALj6f-nnHGzCYnlhfe6QcA64N1yu5VFQOI5ur0McMzi0UxwZ2KM040aDidk-3UfPCcBpsi5oN7FCqA3FrnbsQYxYzYHe4Wd9QCAQ/s320/MAYA-01-23-35.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></center>
<center>Mundo Perdido complex</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Grand Plaza with Temple 1</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Ball court with Temple 1 behind</center><center><br /></center>
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<center>Model of the site</center>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-34271190991967027992008-02-10T13:22:00.001-08:002008-11-18T20:38:29.243-08:00QuiriguaDraft page.<BR />
This is in a grassy setting beside an area of dense forest, surrounded by extensive banana plantations owned by the United Fruit Company.
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Quirigua is a small site but important as in 738 its ruler Cauac Sky defeated our friend 18-Rabbit from the more powerful city of Copan, beheading him in the acropolis at Quirigua. The acropolis is in the now familiar style with buildings on three sides of an open area, including a ball-court. The fourth side had been washed away by the river. Before we reached the acropolis we crossed the extensive Great Plaza with its many stelae erected at five-year intervals by Cauac Sky. These were in low relief and not in the round like the stelae in Copan, but included the tallest in the Maya lands, stela E a monolithic block ten metres high. All were carved with lengthy inscriptions detailing his exploits. A special feature of the site is the so-called zoomorphs, massive rocks that had been dragged from miles away and carved in site with elaborate depictions of mythical creatures and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
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<CENTER>Zoomorph.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Great Plaza with stelae.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Zoomorph.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Zoomorph.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Zoomorph.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Great Plaza seen from Structure 1B, near the Acropolis.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure 1B-1, the Acropolis.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure 1B-5, the Acropolis with crop spraying plane of United Fruit Company.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Hieroglyphic text on side of stela.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela K, dated 805AD. There is only one later dated monument, bearing the date 810AD.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela E, dated 771AD. Showing the ruler K'ak' Tiliw.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Quirigua is surrounded by the extensive banana plantations of the United Fruit Company.</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016547353963991538.post-83646002369455056652008-02-10T11:16:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:38:34.163-08:00Copan<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
Copán is located in a well-maintained park set in the fertile Copán River valley, which was a site of agriculture long before the first known stone
structures were built in the region about the 9th century BC. A kingdom seems to have been established in Copán in 159, known in ancient times as Xukpi
(Corner-Bundle), an apparent reference to the fact that it was situated at the far southern and eastern end of Maya territory. The dynasty that flourished
under sixteen rulers in the Classic period was established in 426. It grew into one of the most important Maya sites, becoming a regional power, and large
monuments dated with hieroglyphic texts were erected in the city from 435 to 822. The development of the site was aided by a long period of stability,
particularly during the long reign of Smoke Jaguar (628-695), whose 67 years on the throne was remarkable in a society where the average life expectancy was
35 years and whose stela is in the grassy courtyard of the West Court. It suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of its former vassal state Quirigua in
738 but, after a period of decline, Copán's rulers began to build monumental structures again within a few decades. In the ninth century Copan, like other
cities in the region, withered in the as a result of unsustainable population growth bringing about the depletion of natural resources. The area continued to
be occupied by squatters after the last major ceremonial structures and royal monuments were erected and the population declined from perhaps over 20,000 in
the city to less than 5,000.
The ceremonial center was abandoned and the surrounding valley contained only a few farming hamlets when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century.
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<B>List of known Xukpi rulers</B><BR />
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<TR><TD>Standard name</TD><TD>Alternative name</TD><TD>Dates of reign</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'</TD><TD>Great-Sun First Quetzal Macaw</TD><TD> 426-c437</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>K'inich Popol Hol</TD><TD>Great-Sun ? </TD><TD>c437-c445</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ruler 3</TD><TD>Mat Head</TD><TD>c445-c470</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ku Ix</TD><TD>possibly K'altuun Hix or Tuun K'ab' Hix</TD><TD>c470-c480</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ruler 5</TD><TD>name unknown</TD><TD>c480-c490</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ruler 6</TD><TD>Muyal Jol ? </TD><TD>c490-c504</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>B'alam Nehn</TD><TD>Jaguar Mirror, Waterlily-Jaguar</TD><TD>after 504-after 524</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ruler 8</TD><TD>Wi'-Ohl-?, Head on Earth</TD><TD>c532-551</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ruler 9</TD><TD>Sak-lu ? </TD><TD>551-553</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Moon Jaguar"</TD><TD>tzi-b'alam, ? Jaguar</TD><TD>553-578</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Butz' Chan</TD><TD>Smoke Serpent, Fire-eating Serpent</TD><TD> 578-628</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Chan Imix K'awiil</TD><TD>Smoke Jaguar</TD><TD>628-695</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil</TD><TD>18 Rabbit</TD><TD>695-738</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>K'ak' Joplaj Chan K'awiil</TD><TD>Smoke Monkey</TD><TD>738-749</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>K'ak' Yipyaj Chan K'awiil</TD><TD>Smoke Shell, Smoke Squirrel</TD><TD>749-c763</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat</TD><TD>Yax Pac</TD><TD>763-after 810</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Ukit Took'</TD><TD>after period where throne vacant</TD><TD>822</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<CENTER>Copán. Model of the central part of the site.</CENTER>
The site entrance leads first to the West Court, surrounded by buildings with stepped ramps leading to a series of rooms often with doorways framed with
stylised representations of a massive opened serpent's mouth.
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxPGlJOZRUyW8y1Zf9BInXsvLlLgodOpgdW-1tNpD8g5nyk6f_wAt1c15Wabb6B6OnCSPgB1taMcX37LrXPK0zU11r59Et8E_2HgqAKhQZPFJ3Nm_I4naY60opPN75WTV6VxaOeI1Lqz8/s320/MAYA-01-21-03.JPG"
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<CENTER>Storm god depicted on one side of the stairway with glyphs leading up to the platform in front of the central acropolis on the north side of the West
Court. Dated AD 762.</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMsUxEZw26vQHqhn3jt_L1qNxiOjgqFeaXjXi8G2J_JuXxOCech5EILWl82nOhYN04g7STx1GPSZBVimbKkuDC1daQaN4M3M2AgitObm1d8tnD3kNrnYZfOuJa5Ocste5N_XjTkwfBoc/s320/MAYA-01-21-05.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165433748935374386" /></a>
<CENTER>Structure in West Court</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDb9yaadPitePVQB8rHOyu-W7_dTWs5VpBHEt5wFU0Yho1rVl-CdCb95tmS0rAICLVUsTYXAGG3p6HBvPVluMDKzcAmPFAatEBlm0YGeb34NG8siJ8HPIRDZiwq_ahv3RJbqGEIQzgBHVc/s320/MAYA-01-21-04.JPG"
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<CENTER>Altar Q</CENTER>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>Perhaps the most important monument in the West Court is Altar Q, dedicated by Yax Pasaj in 776AD. Arranged in sequence round the edges of
this square altar are the first sixteen rulers of Copán, starting with Yax Kuk Mo (426-437) and ending with Yax Pasaj who had come to the throne in 763. He
is facing the first ruler and the sceptre of power is handed directly to him by Yax Kuk Mo. The altar is therefore a piece of propaganda designed to
underline his divine authority through the long line of his ancestors. The top of the altar bears a text that sets out the stages in the foundation of the
Copán dynasty in 426 and 427. All this history has only been revealed as epigraphers have deciphered the Maya hieroglyphs over the past thirty years.
</P>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5vSIHRqOF8yrYqEksLXBFbHLa4t-5IDACqvPKu_2dYOTZ87pQQUJIYt_oJ1n-5iUpuk39xok-x-YUSYGBBGtwtTtfWFmKOADXc_zU4xlaxO2_Y-aSnXRP-un8QuIYRQNIb25u413gvI5/s320/MAYA-01-21-06.JPG"
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<CENTER>Stela P depicting Butz' Chan. It was moved to its present position near the north-west corner of the west court of the Acropolis some time in the 8th
century.</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnLTDmiD-ZI7eaJG1KS36UjE8MTlgC9sp4HxrNoVkGEvY8ijjMXjNlgPVu_cVyy3oG4QYia6gdtrm8hKo2ChloH6d-nhj-U7kFIVlrXjUuC1oT24l651xFpWw51GsqZTn6AjZZ7i6UAQM/s320/MAYA-01-21-07.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165433774705178194" /></a>
<CENTER>View in West Court?</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XiAiaxQQtlYishup2suuabvGnzyeijz35bKml8S7vR2bH2foBoqARpi7TMLWYpYxwyzE4Qsk179imSVa9rm-zNNxPwpJSMKZiKF9G8aH4B0cxsgtjrVx0GMNlBeonFK6Wysl66_h_JQI/s320/MAYA-01-21-08.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165434522029487714" /></a>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
Passing through the east court, also lined by religious and administrative buildings leads to a terrace high above the river, whose meandering course had
threatened to undermine the site but has now been diverted away from the ruins. Passing around a large temple, still waiting to emerge from its covering of
trees, we came out high above the Great Plaza. To the right is the hieroglyphic stairway rising up the front of a temple. The 2,000 or so glyphs form the
longest inscribed classic Maya text, which has been reassembled in random order after the upper steps had collapsed. The whole stairway is now covered by a
large tarpaulin to protect it from further erosion.
</P>
<CENTER>View from terrace across to river</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRLTxyEoGxDzFePXS_reskYGQGvAAhLHoOKboQ7trGmJz8YAl8a17xa1oIEg4vaqBXGmWYMLneOFoCiI-J4hRvvRQRBHzweqX4DpbAAROm0JWYrRMnYEBJ3OPjQEBKcMjHjaGXRxe15zO/s320/MAYA-01-21-09.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165434530619422322" /></a>
<CENTER>East Court</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAeNS7YdYXejCL1v8zjZE2gH1wBl4ILGDDNu2O5cOBlOS32k9U4KpdCjAaR3KeGTm9NoK2fk11cgdCGaFcQXWs68OFe0a87i3IS2j0JdAakH_kHQrbqiZUd5L-onnaZO1QNDswhDVaSIz/s320/MAYA-01-21-10.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165434539209356930" /></a>
<CENTER>Structure in East Court?</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA6HA7Xa6lPMnGFUs0s0NTvpusisspgXHGYtNXA7w8Azg_Sanp2o5aJBpeVVZbfc5gwMJDCqEvdpf9i5GoBsdc3NJT8s6_LUQBoVx3zQFSza6RDh-d_rNPSwp5rOQUXTwy_J5o4MhyphenhyphenVZ6/s320/MAYA-01-21-11.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165434543504324242" /></a>
<CENTER>Structure 22A: Popol Nah, the Mat House, 746AD.</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdiHkBnDhb_34aSem3hf0hVUYTQrckIqW7ZoU-bfDoIijf-y5B6L-MZg251_T8wJYNeiGSNX1L49TW684JEv_Ys7JGVaotbitlxmGO7UZHEwZ4D1HsSPViegSDyoKcFxriZovBSBDqalZ/s320/MAYA-01-21-12.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165434552094258850" /></a>
<CENTER>The ballcourt, Copán</CENTER>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfbUhHysnMRy5eSwqFNwMCyEC2OKg0k8kQJ0LD0ib6AnTlLXB8Vtb7xnmmKSLlirtRP4r796nAfGOMjx1C0zc5iklUZ_M61iMknUIEIH4dfcaGUWxIHgeZFNwhV17ST3PhCUbyYx9ufaS/s1600-h/MAYA-01-21-13.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px;
text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfbUhHysnMRy5eSwqFNwMCyEC2OKg0k8kQJ0LD0ib6AnTlLXB8Vtb7xnmmKSLlirtRP4r796nAfGOMjx1C0zc5iklUZ_M61iMknUIEIH4dfcaGUWxIHgeZFNwhV17ST3PhCUbyYx9ufaS/s320/MAYA-01-21-13.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165435277943731890" /></a>
<CENTER>Pauahtun head from the northeast corner of Structure 10L-11. This and a companion head represent the largest scuplted figures found in
Copán.</CENTER>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
Passing through the east court, also lined by religious and administrative buildings leads to a terrace high above the river, whose meandering course had
threatened to undermine the site but has now been diverted away from the ruins. Passing around a large temple, still waiting to emerge from its covering of
trees, we came out high above the Great Plaza. To the right is the hieroglyphic stairway rising up the front of a temple. The 2,000 or so glyphs form the
longest inscribed classic Maya text, which has been reassembled in random order after the upper steps had collapsed. The whole stairway is now covered by a
large tarpaulin to protect it from further erosion.
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLth4SaApBCp8GBivZpqxyZSbRX08PAx8xHECyt3o446xsyojokIMCaaoywpbYQPRMkLZZCGEjQvLDdxU8G91gYbpADHFeUvL43mLT97GIZUcWjSgpGXDxip-v0WrUH2OJpNm00DIKj_2o/s320/MAYA-01-21-16.JPG"
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<CENTER>The hieroglyphic stairway of structure 10L-26</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gBoULK0K3l7DkwYXNfFv0f4L2oXXkp4ip97o3Cg0mru2Suau5bKe3k5Y7n_mtstsibKyqGOAKbhhuqm9sRzH5c5w6OKpuGkQvZqJLN76wZEdtFIlITtvdIxiGdUKH3ny9TPXr9uUYD-m/s320/MAYA-01-21-17.JPG"
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<CENTER>Hieroglyphic stairway with Stela M in front</CENTER>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhf2oCHPL_nAoK-YmO7uk8uB15HmdXe5_EonP9Lu7X0KgR7xnl9W7Rmq85ivuKlkNkri005hNKMWRYL7aCB1itaQgUCyTOSbJ9f8bYay5WhokOW9shC02VWwakMhwhSW3DESKwRxPbadZ7/s320/MAYA-01-21-18.JPG"
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<CENTER>Detail from hieroglyphic stairway</CENTER>
</P>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_DRKns5u7ol7JCJBVXHO_gNTbJluCc2Ko9QoaY6LLC6y-k2to5S_HoLjBhet496msukkViLvKj1wnhO_NrpeukKqdtR1NPa36ttHY7WwAZIOgFcTf3orWQuoOvZu0y9rBsI6ZhKyqTAt/s320/MAYA-01-21-15.JPG"
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<CENTER>Stela N, the last monument depicting K'ak' Yipaj Chan K'awil (Smoke Shell, ruled 749-761)</CENTER>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
To one side of the staircase is the ball court where ritual ball games were played, the main object being to propel a heavy rubber ball to hit one of the
markers shaped like macaw heads. It was an important match for the players as the losing team was often sacrificed.</P>
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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXLIzZc2098dfUjq1vXZwRrKSapPWdgqYQ2wIxl0aRpxr8EkT3oFgitUkV0shM8YA80G6-bJT9pJFzuw00Wg-RDDjCcSFpNiJrlQXtic3_3bvO29_DstnA8VOOcx521MmMCwZDcW8I1ee/s320/MAYA-01-21-14.JPG"
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165435290828633794" /></a>
<CENTER>Ballcourt. The final version of Copán's ballcourt was completed in AD738, only a few months before the unfortuate end of 18-Rabbit's reign.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Structure 10L-10 of Ballcourt A-III showing the scarlet macaw.</CENTER>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>The massive main plaza is lined with a series of stelae erected by Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awil (18-Rabbit ruled 695-738). He had greatly
changed the style of art practised in Copán, replacing the two-dimensional carvings with sculpture in the round showing him in elaborate ceremonial garb,
holding a sceptre shaped like a double-headed serpent, all the decorations full of religious significance. His ultimate fate is revealed in Quirigua.
</P>
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<CENTER>Stela</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela of Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awil (18-Rabbit)</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stelae in the Great Plaza</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of hieroglyphs on stela in Great Plaza</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of stela in Great Plaza</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Ball court with corbelled arch</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Detail of corbelled arch</CENTER>
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<CENTER>The Great Plaza with Structure 10L-4. This has four stairways which relate to rituals connected with the four cardinal directions.</CENTER>
<P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
The site of Las Sepulturas two kilometres away contains the homes of the nobles. Each family had a series of houses grouped round a central courtyard, the
house of the head of the family being the largest, sometimes decorated with sculptures. The house of the scribe, for example, shows the owner holding a conch
shell which is used as a container for ink. Each house has a room with a raised platform used for sitting and sleeping, the plaster coverings frequently
still intact. Under the houses were often tombs where the deceased members of the family were buried.</P>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. Hieroglyphic bench.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. Residential buildings.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. Courtyard surrounded by residences of family group.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. Room with raised platform for sleeping.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las sepulturas. Sculpture of the scribe Mac Chaanal on the facade of the House of the Bacabs.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. Bench in the House of the Bacabs. The text states the genealogy of the scribe Mac Chaanal and his position as courtier of the ruler
Yax Pac.</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Las Sepulturas. House of the Bacabs.</CENTER>
</P><P ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>
The excellent museum is dominated by the full-sized reconstruction of the Rosalila temple. This was hidden intact within a later rebuilding of the temple and
the original colours of the stucco surfaces which covered the stonework were preserved. This gives an impression of how striking the whole site must have
been when the buildings were painted in red with decorative details picked out in white, yellow, blue and green. Traces of colouring can still be seen on
some of the stelae. Some of the original monuments have also been moved under the cover of the museum and replaced by replicas in the original position. The
captions were a model of clarity and the reconstructions of fragments of the decoration arranged in a way that made it easy to admire the skill of the
craftsmen.</P>
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<CENTER>Reconstruction of the Rosalila structure erected by Moon Jaguar in AD 571 over the tomb of the founder Yax K'uk' Mo' (ruled 425-c437)</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Side view of the reconstruction of the Rosalila structure in the Museum</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Stela of Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awil (18-Rabbit) in Museum at Copán</CENTER>
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<CENTER>Sculptural details in the museum at Copán. The powerful yet delicate sculpture of the Rain God with a crest showing a cormorant with a fish in its
beak probably dates from the reign of Smoke Imix ((628-695).</CENTER>Ian Maxtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216728043740611678noreply@blogger.com