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Core Title Sayil Photographs

Collection description "Sayil (sah-yeel) Mayan for 'Place of the Muleteer Ants.'"
"Sayil, along with Kabáh and Labna, are clustered together in the Puuc Hills region of the southwest Yucatán Peninsula. They are located about 15 miles south of the well-known Maya site of Uxmal, and in ancient times, all of them were all connected via a raised limestone road known as a Sacbe."
"Sayil was one of the most densely populated Mayan cities of the Hill Region. The residential area occupied an area of at least (2.2 square miles) and the population may have reached 10,000 inhabitants in the residential area and 7,000 in the suburbs. The city was occupied between 700 and 1000 A.D."
"The site has a large ball court and a number of important structures and monuments, the largest of which is known as 'El Palacio,' or the North Palace, with its 250-foot-long facade and three stories and 90 rooms, is the largest building in Sayil. It was built in various phases; wings were added and platforms were designed, which were filled with stones and mortar to increase stability."
"The remainder of a wide central staircase ascends from the ground to the third terrace. On the west side of the first level are vaulted rooms with multiple and single doorways and columns forming a partial colonnade. Unfortunately, this portion of the first level is in poor condition and the decorative features are not readily discernible. The east side of the first level consists of several doorways with a facade clearly decorated with various Maya Gods."
"There is also a North Palace, known as the Palace of Columns and an observatory structure built on a high platform, which is known as 'El Mirador.'" -- Payne Johnson.
“See also John Lloyd Stephens, 'Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan,' with numerous engravings. Revised from the latest American edition, with additions, by Frederick Catherwood. London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1854. https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1QKX7SV5?WS=SearchResults.”

Creator Johnson, Payne B. (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1982-12, 1992-01

Coverage Temporal 1982-12, 1992-01

Place Name Boca Iglesia (archaeological sites), Central America (regions), Mexico (countries), North America (continents), Yucatán (states)

Subject Archaeological site location (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Format 15 photographs (extent), ruins (aat)

Internet Media Type multipart/related

Type images

Source 20210812-johnson-meso-shoaf (batch), Payne B. Johnson Latin American Photographs (collection), Sayil Photographs (subcollection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Identifier 2 (box), 0550 (collection number), johnson-syl (filename)