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900 BCE
Burned Palace (Toltecs)
-Is composed of three large rooms.
-The roof was supported by colonnades.
-In each room an “impluvium” or open inner courtyard was built, which functioned as a water collector, ventilation area and light entry.
-Materials: clay bricks, wooden beams, otates, volcanic stone.
-Rectangular floor, located at the top of the large platform. -
683 BCE
Temple of Inscriptions (Mayas)
-A single steep staircase that climbs 9 levels to the top.
-Top platform topped by a single structure with several chambers.
-Originally colored
-Chamfer or deep horizontal groove running around each platform
-Rounded inset corners. -
400 BCE
La venta (Olmecs)
Great Pyramid was the largest Mesoamerican structure of its time.
-34m above the natural landscape.
-It contains an estimated 100,000 cubic meters of earth fill.
-It is aligned in north-south axes.
-Constructed out of clay.
-The structure is built on top of a closed-in platform- -
150 BCE
Pyramid of the moon (Teotihuacans)
-Height 43m
-Talud tablero
-Adove
-Stone covered with stucco
-Rectangular plant with about 280 square meters
