Theory: The Temple

“The different buildings of the succeeding quadrangles can be seen rising one above the other until the lofty temple surmounting the South Pyramid catches the eye and holds it, the last and highest member of the assemblage, and, we may well believe from the importance of its position, the sanctuary.”* The long approach to the temple, along with the ascension of the surrounding structures, and the prominence of its location, help to identify this temple as the supreme sanctuary of Uxmal.

* Sylvanus Griswold Morley, “A Group of Related Structures at Uxmal, Mexico,” American Journal of Archaeology Vol 14 No 1 (1910): 3