" The principal remains are two pyramidal structures of this form:— [above image]
" One of them measures at the base 102 feet; the steps are 4 feet high, and 7 feet deep, making the whole height 28 feet. They are not of cut stone, as at Copán, but of rough pieces cemented with lime; and the whole exterior was formerly coated with stucco, and painted. On the top is a small square platform, and at the base lies a long slab of rough stone.....
Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852; Catherwood, Frederick, ed
Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1854) [Book]
Author: Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852; Catherwood, Frederick, ed
Subject: Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852; Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852; Mayas
Publisher: London, A. Hall, Virtue & co.
Year: 1854
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