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Tulúm: the Castillo (west staircase and temple)
Stairway of Castillo at Tulúm (Stephens and Catherwood 1843).
The
west side of the Castillo at Tulúm (here drawn by Frederick Catherwood)
has a wide staircase leading up to a two-room, vaulted temple at the
summit. Most of the extant structure dates from the Maya Postclassic
era of the 12th and 13th centuries AD.
When this drawing (published in 1843 in Incidents of travel in Yucatan)
was made in 1841, Stephens and Catherwood had just finished having the
site cleared of overgrowth. A few trees are still shown growing on the
staircase.
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