DECORATION ON WESTERN
NUNNERY BUILDING

UXMAL SITE
YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO
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   This carved decoration shows a small section from

the most ornate frieze in the nunnery building complex.

This outside wall decoration is located on the western

nunnery building on the Maya site of Uxmal in Yucatan.

Four buildings form the complex known as the nunnery

court which was named by the Spanish. The buildings

at Uxmal were constructed sometime between A.D.
700 to A.D. 1000. These magnificent structures and of

course the eccentrics are some of the best evidence

that there were many specialized craftsmen working

within the Maya society.

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