Mayan Architecture of the Yucatan Peninsula

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The Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal.

 

Welcome to the Mayan Architecture of the Yucatan Peninsula Website.

This site provides an overview of the Mayan culture and focuses on the architecture of the last area of Mayan dominance, the northern region of the Yucatan Peninsula.   It  includes the rich architecture of the Puuc hills, the Mayan-Mexican architecture mixture at Chichen-Itza, and East Coast  fortified town architecture of Tulum. 

Website and photography by  Carolyn A. Bogert
University of Idaho,    Department of Architecture
Nonwestern Architecture Seminar,   Spring 2000
http://www.its.uidaho.edu/arch499/

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