Pence Family Photos
2008
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05 – Yucatán, Mexico
![2008.05.20-12.11.52-Carved-Stele%2C-Uxmal.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.20-12.11.52-Carved-Stele%2C-Uxmal.jpg "Carved Stele, Uxmal — A carefully carved stele in front of one of the buildings in the Nunnery Quadrangle at Uxmal. A guidebook informs us that the glyphs are "worn out" and "cannot be read."")
![2008.05.20-12.35.04-Cemetary-Group%2C-Uxmal.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.20-12.35.04-Cemetary-Group%2C-Uxmal.jpg "Cemetary Group, Uxmal — The "Cemetary Group" at Uxmal, consisting of a temple, a pyramid, and a few skull platforms.")
![2008.05.20-13.14.06-Dovecotes%2C-Uxmal.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.20-13.14.06-Dovecotes%2C-Uxmal.jpg "Dovecotes, Uxmal — A view of the "Dovecotes" or House of the Doves from the forest behind.")
![2008.05.20-15.13.12-Elite-Residence%2C-Kabah.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.20-15.13.12-Elite-Residence%2C-Kabah.jpg "Elite Residence, Kabah — The "Elite Residence," now mostly in ruins, Kabah.")
![2008.05.21-10.45.45-Tree-of-Life-Sculpture%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.21-10.45.45-Tree-of-Life-Sculpture%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg "Tree of Life Sculpture, Dzibilchaltun — A representation of the "tree of life" at the site museum at Dzibilchaltun.")
![2008.05.21-10.46.06-Tree-of-Life-Sculpture%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.21-10.46.06-Tree-of-Life-Sculpture%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg "Tree of Life Sculpture, Dzibilchaltun — A representation of the "tree of life" at the site museum at Dzibilchaltun.")
![2008.05.21-11.30.38-Temple-of-the-Seven-Dolls%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.21-11.30.38-Temple-of-the-Seven-Dolls%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg "Temple of the Seven Dolls, Dzibilchaltun — The "Temple of the Seven Dolls" at Dzibilchaltun. Named for seven articulated grotesque dolls found in its rubble.")
![2008.05.21-11.48.00-Structure-36%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.21-11.48.00-Structure-36%2C-Dzibilchaltun.jpg "Structure 36, Dzibilchaltun — The aptly named "Structure 36" at Dzibilchaltun.")
![2008.05.24-15.57.12-Tzompantli.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.24-15.57.12-Tzompantli.jpg "Tzompantli — Skulls from a "tzompantli" (loc.?), an Aztec word denoting a low wall covered in carvings of skulls. On display in the Museum of Anthropology and History, Merida.")
![2008.05.24-16.04.15-The-Mayan-Cosmos.jpg](https://media.thepences.org/photos/2008/05%20%E2%80%93%20Yucat%C3%A1n,%20Mexico/2008.05.24-16.04.15-The-Mayan-Cosmos.jpg "The Mayan Cosmos — A depiciton of the Maya "tree of life," the structure of the Mayan universe. From the Museum of Anthropology and History in Merida.")
