AIA Fieldwork Photo Contest 2020

Entry 10379

Submitted by Kenneth Seligson

Kiuic

Oxkutzcab, Yucatan, Mexico

Category: Archaeological Landscapes

"Chulul Palace In Progress" This new palace compound was still under construction when the site of Kiuic was abandoned in the 10th Century CE. Visible in the far left of the photograph is a collapsed "laborers' stairway" that temporarily facilitated work on a second story that was never completed.

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