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Quetzalpapalotl Patio

A Ramble Around Teotihuacán with Dick Diehl

Patio of the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl at Teotihuacán

Patio of the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl at Teotihuacán

Photograph by Richard A. Diehl, November 2008

Patio of the Palacio de Quetzalpapalotl

The columns were constructed of wooden posts surrounded by stone rubble cores and finished off with carved stone slabs. Sufficient original slabs were recovered in the excavation to allow the archaeologist Jorge R. Acosta to fill in the missing [pieces with replicas. Close inspection will readily identify the original slabs from the replicas. Here is my Owl with Attitude.

Written by Richard A. Diehl

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