Graphic and Photographic Documentation - Reed College

Catherwood, 4 rare photographs of the Nunnery, and the 3 painted stucco heads
recently discovered in the Governor’s Palace.
He provides an invaluable, detailed description of these 3 stucco heads, including their
color, by then in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
In addition to his bibliography, Saville writes that “In excavation, no work has been
done except the desultory digging of the Le Plongeons, and the exploration of a
mound back of the hacienda by the writer. The site requires careful exploration and
much restoration work is necessary to strengthen weak walls, especially to replace the
wooden lintels which have fallen in practically all of the buildings, the loss of which will
ultimately prove fatal to the security of the walls” (pp. 57-58).
Schele, Linda
“Linda Schele Drawing Collection”. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican
Studies, Inc. (FAMSI).
On the web at:
http://www.famsi.org/research/schele/index.html
(accessed 2006 Nov. 25)
The FAMSI web site contains 962 outline drawings by Linda Schele, including 20 of
Uxmal, none of Kabah, Sayil, Labná. Two represent capstone paintings, 1 is a
drawing after a Charnay photograph and 1 a phallus stone. The others are details of
the architectural sculpture. All but one of these has been published in The Code of
Kings (by Schele and Matthews, 1998), but there they are so reduced in size that the
clarity of detail is largely obscured. On the FAMSI web site, the images can be
opened at large size (most at about 2000 pixels on the long side, 72 pixels per inch
resolution) making it possible be see the detailed information recorded in the
drawings. Schele’s drawing purposely separate the masks, figures, etc. she is
drawing from their backgrounds and surroundings, provided an instructive example of
what is best recorded and what not using such a procedure.
Schele, Linda
“Linda Schele Photograph Collection Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican
Studies, Inc. (FAMSI).
On the web at:
http://research.famsi.org/schele_photos.html
(accessed 2006 Nov. 25)
The FAMSI web site contains 11,642 Maya photographs by Linda Schele, including
488 of Uxmal, 155 of Kabah, 56 of Sayil, and 17 of Labná. The images can be
opened at large size (most at about 3000 pixels on the long side, 72 pixels per inch
resolution). There are important views taken before recent restoration and there a few
photographs of small sculptures and stelae not reproduced elsewhere (Uxmal, nos.
116066-116095).
Unfortunately, in contrast to the expertly drawn and reproduced images in the Linda
Schele Drawing Collection, many of the photographs of these four sites seem to have
been rather casually taken and indiscriminately posted on the web. Many of the
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