Excavations Gallery courtyard terrace walls on palace SE corner of Acropolis looter’s pit pyramid slab construction slab construction slab construction slab construction looter’s pit Stela 6 Stela 6 plaza stelae slab construction stelae looter’s pit looter’s trench pyramid exterior plaza floor mounds mound surface slab construction slab construction plaza floors plaza floors mound surface looter’s pit backfilled survey team plaza floors mound surface mapping team courtyard courtyard slab construction site map 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view 3-dimensional view archaeologists Stela 6 exterior floor construction box plaza in Acropolis pyramid student student field car student professional student student professional students Lake Peten Itza midden in fill cook’s niece camp exterior stucco floor riser in doorway midden in fill exterior stucco floor east doorjamb stucco floors students looter’s trench stela platform wall Lake Peten Itza camp tents platform wall students entrance to site mapping team road to site camp hammock Lake Peten Itza kitchen champa dock on lake Lake Peten Itza mound surface possible terraces shovel tests backfilling excavations structure wall structure wall structure wall structure wall structure wall shovel tests interior north room exterior Floor D destroyed staircase & side terraces structure wall structure wall interior north room interior north room high structural wall interior north room destroyed staircase & side terraces destroyed staircase & side terraces destroyed staircase & side terraces destroyed staircase & side terraces excavators exterior floor structure wall structure wall interior of room structure wall well cut blocks in fill well cut blocks in fill well cut blocks in fill students and excavators vault stone vault stone vault stone students view of group looter’s pit later dividing wall in interior room later dividing wall in interior room later dividing wall in interior room Frontal terraces earlier platform wall Frontal terraces collapsed wall stucco floors interior bench interior bench interior bench Frontal terraces Frontal terraces corner of structure interior room interior room total station mapping looter’s pit looter’s pit looter’s pit looter’s pit interior wall interior wall interior wall interior wall interior wall interior wall interior wall interior floor and walls interior floor and walls shovel tests Frontal terraces wall fall and collapsed wall wall fall and collapsed wall wall fall and collapsed wall wall fall or platform wall fall interior wall interior wall wall and bench interior wall interior bench and walls interior bench interior bench interior bench students camp Lake Peten Itza Lake Peten Itza Lake Peten Itza looter’s trench avenue in Gr. 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B/E main plaza mound surface mound surface looter’s trench interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior wall interior wall interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room interior palace room doorjamb doorjamb doorjamb interior palace room bench bench interior palace room interior palace room excavators interior palace room interior palace room burial burial midden burial burial burial stones over burial 3 stones over burial 3 midden midden exterior floor exterior floor collapsed wall doorjamb doorjamb interior bench interior bench doorjamb doorjamb doorjamb doorjamb doorjamb doorjamb wall fall front wall interior bench and doorjamb interior bench and doorjamb interior bench and doorjamb Frontal terraces Frontal terraces Frontal terraces Frontal terraces looting in bench looting in bench looting in bench wall fall mound surface pisote animal mound surface chultun mound surface mound surface mound surface quarry quarry mound surface chultun chultun chultun mound surface cut stone; quarry survey trail survey trail mound surface mound surface mound surface pyramid pyramid pyramid looter’s trench looter’s trench modern quarry tarantula chultun with lid structure surface Chultun A chultun chultun chultun looter’s trench looter’s trench; exposed door looter’s trench; exposed door looter’s trench soil surface looter’s pit mound surface looter’s pit mound surface interior doorway exposed wall exposed wall exposed wall; East side north looter’s pit view of group north looter’s pit north looter’s pit north looter’s pit looter’s pit in pyramid looter’s pit in pyramid looter’s pit in pyramid looter’s pit looter’s pit looter’s pit; interior floor front wall bench front wall bedrock looter’s pit; interior floor corner of structure corner of structure interior bench interior bench interior bench looter’s pit; interior floor corner of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure bedrock structure wall humus front fa‡ade of structure surface of soil humus surface of soil surface of soil exterior floor exterior floor surface of soil bedrock Frontal terraces bedrock looter’s pile front fa‡ade of structure looter’s pit Frontal terraces Frontal terraces front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front of structure Frontal terraces Frontal terraces bedrock exterior floor wall fall looter’s pit pillar interior bench exterior floor front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure Frontal terraces looter’s pit looter’s pit looter’s pit looter’s pit front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure step up into room pillar step up into room wall fall front terraces front fa‡ade of structure looter’s pit looter’s pit interior front wall interior bench looter’s pit interior bench sherds on exterior floor interior wall looter’s pit front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure front fa‡ade of structure bench bench bench structure wall structure wall looted tomb sherds on exterior floor sherds on exterior floor sherds on exterior floor looted tomb looted tomb looted tomb sherds in wall fall step up into room; east doorjamb looted tomb looted tomb looted tomb L-shaped bench looted tomb looted tomb looted tomb interior bench door pillar interior room interior room interior bench interior bench canal canal interior bench interior bench interior bench Frontal terraces interior bench interior bench interior bench interior bench Frontal terraces Frontal terraces Frontal terraces structure wall Frontal terraces bench; door front terrace walls front terrace walls front terrace walls front terrace walls interior bench front of bench bench; door front terrace walls Frontal terraces front terrace walls front terrace walls bench bench bench bench bench bench bench wall fall bench bench bench interior rooms bench bench Midden in fill Frontal terraces doorjamb wall corner wall corner interior bench interior bench interior bench interior room interior bench interior bench interior room interior wall south room; bench Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid Group D; pyramid; looter Group D; pyramid; looter Group D; pyramid; looter south room platform es quina no; walls es quina no; walls walls; north room person person looter’s pit walls front terrace walls front terrace walls exposed wall of late terrace post hole on frontal terraces south room; steps Frontal terraces Frontal terraces West door jamb; south room wall fall of front terraces West door jamb; south room Wall; stucco floor Wall fall; north room Door jamb Wall fall; door jamb Royal tomb; looted Wall fall Front terraces Front terraces Front terraces Wall fall