Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery
Dr. Carl Thurman, professor of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa, traveled as a student in the 1970's and 1980's to Mexico and visited a number of Pre-Hispanic sites, including several Mayan ruins. All photographs were taken by Carl Thurman who has designated a Creative Commons 4.0 attribution license to each photo. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the original work as long as they credit Carl Thurman for the original creation. The photographs in the image gallery are sorted by alphabetically by archaeological site. Credit: Project Editor - Ellen Neuhaus, Associate Professor & Digital Scholarship Librarian [Significant editorial contributions were made as well as the verification & identification of images. In addition, each site was researched.] Related collections by Carl L. Thurman in UNI ScholarWorks:
- Fiddler Crabs Image Gallery
- Frank Lloyd Wright Structures Image Gallery
- Louis H. Sullivan Structures Image Gallery
- Prairie School Structures Image Gallery
Arrangement of Images
To browse all of the images, see the entries listed below, which are arranged alphabetically by site name. OR Click on one of the subgroups to view images related to the specific sub-collection, arranged alphabetically in columns in order of site visit.Sub-Collections:
| El Tajín | Kabáh | Tulum |
| La Venta | Uxmal | Palenque |
| Edzná | Chichén Itzá |
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![Chichén Itzá [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1061/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
Chichén Itzá [photo 09]
11-1984
Chichén Itzá, Platform of Eagels and El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan).
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![Chichén Itzá [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1065/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman")
Chichén Itzá [photo 13]
11-1984
Chichén Itzá, Temple of the Warriors, South Columns in Form of Warrior.
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![Chichén Itzá [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1066/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman")
Chichén Itzá [photo 14]
11-1984
Chichén Itzá, Altar Platform Supported by Atlantean Figures, Toltec.
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![Chichén Itzá [photo 21] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1073/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 21] by Carl L. Thurman")
Chichén Itzá [photo 21]
11-1984
Chichén Itzá, El Caracol (Observatory), Tower built by both Mayans and Toltecs.
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![Palenque [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1099/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
Palenque [photo 08]
11-1984
Palenque, The Palace of Palenque (Royal Home of Pakal), East Court, Left Stair Panel.
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![Uxmal [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1042/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
Uxmal [photo 03]
11-1984
Uxmal, Ball Court, Governor's Palace, Great Pyramid, House of the Doves, House of the Turtles.
![Chichén Itzá [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1053/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1054/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1055/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1056/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1057/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1058/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1059/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1060/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1062/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1063/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1064/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1067/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 16] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1068/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 16] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 17] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1069/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 17] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 18] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1070/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 18] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 19] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1071/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 19] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 20] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1072/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 20] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 22] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1074/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 22] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 23] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1075/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 23] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 24] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1076/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 24] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 25] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1077/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 25] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Chichén Itzá [photo 26] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1078/thumbnail.jpg "Chichén Itzá [photo 26] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1027/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1028/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1029/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1030/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1031/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1032/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1033/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Edzná [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1035/thumbnail.jpg "Edzná [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1000/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1001/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1002/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1003/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1004/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1005/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1006/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1007/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1008/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1009/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1010/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1011/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1012/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1013/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman")
![El Tajín [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1014/thumbnail.jpg "El Tajín [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Kabáh [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1036/thumbnail.jpg "Kabáh [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Kabáh [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1034/thumbnail.jpg "Kabáh [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Kabáh [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1037/thumbnail.jpg "Kabáh [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Kabáh [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1038/thumbnail.jpg "Kabáh [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Kabáh [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1039/thumbnail.jpg "Kabáh [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1026/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1015/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1016/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1017/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1018/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1019/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 07] by Carl L. Thuman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1021/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 07] by Carl L. Thuman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1020/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1022/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1023/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1024/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![La Venta, Monument [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1025/thumbnail.jpg "La Venta, Monument [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1092/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1093/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1094/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1095/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1096/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1097/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1098/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1100/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1101/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1102/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1103/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1104/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1105/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 14] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1106/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 15] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Palenque [photo 16] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1107/thumbnail.jpg "Palenque [photo 16] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1079/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1080/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1081/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 03] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1082/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1083/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1084/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1085/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1086/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1087/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1088/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1089/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1090/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Tulum [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1091/thumbnail.jpg "Tulum [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1040/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 01] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1041/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 02] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1043/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 04] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1044/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 05] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1045/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 06] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1046/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 07] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1047/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 08] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1048/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 09] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1049/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 10] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1050/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 11] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1051/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 12] by Carl L. Thurman")
![Uxmal [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/1052/thumbnail.jpg "Uxmal [photo 13] by Carl L. Thurman")
