Monday, December 26, 2005

Edificio 24














It is known that two American archaeologists visited various Mayan ruins including Tulum in the 1840's. Stevens in his book, "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan" wrote the details and his partner, Catherwood did the illustrations of the temples and frescoes which were found. I could find no good reference on who did the original restoration work however it is now headed by the Mexican History and Anthropological National Institute who probably worked on this site referred to as Chacchoben or Place of Red Corn in Mayan. This is the Temple nearest the entrance.