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Uxmal: View of the long facade of the Palace of the Governor

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posted on 2017-07-07, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Characteristics of the Puuc style include limestone construction, often with smooth wall surfaces; plaster (stucco) finishes; masks and other representations of the rain god Chac (Chaac); and the prevalence of styling along horizontal lines.\u000a\u000aPre-Columbian Maya site in the Puuc region of the Northern Maya Lowlands of Yucat\u00E1n, Mexico. It flourished c. AD 800-c. 1000, at the end of the Late Classic period (c. AD 600-c. 900) and the beginning of the Early Post-Classic period (c. AD 900-c. 1200), but was also occupied earlier. Among the best-known structures, the names of which are all post-Spanish Conquest attributions, are the Palace (or House) of the Governor, the Temple (or Pyramid) of the Magician (El Adivino) and the Nunnery Quadrangle. The beautiful proportions and design of the Palace of the Governor have long been admired. According to Harry Pollock (1980, p. 242), this 'magnificent building is thought by many to be the finest example of pre-Columbian architecture in the Americas'. The palace, a multi-roomed, rectangular building (c. 100 m long) with a symmetrical layout, sits on a large artificial platform. Puuc style has emphasis on decorated walls above the medial mouldings or cornices, repetitive stone mosaic decorations with stylized geometric or naturalistic designs, stone mosaic masks above doorways, decorated roof-combs and carefully cut stone veneer masonry.

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Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-07

Spatial Coverage

Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán, Mexico: c. 80 km south-west of the modern city of Mérida +20.359444-89.771389 Uxmal Ruins

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Late Classic', 'Maya', 'Postclassic']

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