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Southeast corner of Great Platform, largely collapsed; in the foreground remains of preceeding terrace.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Same SE corner, showing remaining, huge, corner stones at top.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Same SE corner, showing rare, remaining, huge, corner stones at top.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Left end of north side of Great Platform; showing lowest platform in foreground, low with narrow grass terrace on top, and tall section of Great Platform above.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Northeast corner, showing that original builders used stone wedges to fill the irregularities between crudely shaped stones.
photo Jan. 2002 (24mm lens) |
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Same NE corner, restored; Great Platform was constructed on top of natural elevation.
photo Jan. 2002 (24mm lens) |
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Looking west along setback walls of Great Platform, restored 1986-1987.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Restored staircase now used by tourists; also showing extensively restored setback walls at right.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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North side of Great Platform, showing staircase to House of the Turtles; all cleared, studied and partially restored, 1986-1987 (photo at left shows a different staircase, farther east, restored for tourist use, on this same north wall).
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Northwest corner of Great Platform; showing lowest platform in foreground, low with narrow grass terrace on top, and tall Platform 2, with several setbacks, above.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Northwest corner of massive Great Platform, north side, with huge curved corner stones restored to match corresponding corner stones in place on southeast corner.
photo Jan. 2003 |
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Same NW corner, west side; this Great Platform is one of the biggest constructions in the Northern Maya Lowlands.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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