The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . A1; IT North South %, r^:r^|;i .... s ... ?^iPiippiP Sffel ., *. ..... .. 0m. ILAN OF THE RUINS OK AKI^:. No. I, Small Pyramid. N(j. 2, Tlachtli, Tennis-court. No. 3, Large Gallery. No. 4, RuinedPalaces. No. 5, Akabna. No. 6, Xnuc. No. 7, Succuna. No. S, Picotc. No. 9, Various Ruins. Still standing. We recognise the same style of structure weobserved at Tula and Teotihuacan, a style we shall meetaofain both in .Yucatan and in the district of the may be st
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . A1; IT North South %, r^:r^|;i .... s ... ?^iPiippiP Sffel ., *. ..... .. 0m. ILAN OF THE RUINS OK AKI^:. No. I, Small Pyramid. N(j. 2, Tlachtli, Tennis-court. No. 3, Large Gallery. No. 4, RuinedPalaces. No. 5, Akabna. No. 6, Xnuc. No. 7, Succuna. No. S, Picotc. No. 9, Various Ruins. Still standing. We recognise the same style of structure weobserved at Tula and Teotihuacan, a style we shall meetaofain both in .Yucatan and in the district of the may be stated that pyramids with esplanades, both hereand at Palcnc^ue, although built with large stones, are smaller Aki and Izamal. 295 than those of the monuments in other places, and if theblocks were laid in mortar it has crumbled away like thecement which formed the outer surface. The dimensions of this structure are so diminutive thatit cannot have been anything but a temple, forming part ofthe next monument which it commands. The latter ^^rom itsrectangular arrangement recalls to mind the so-called fortresses. SMALL PYRAMID OF AK£. at Tula and Teotihuacan, which were in reality tlachtli^ tennis-courts. The third monument has given rise to many conjec-tures ; it is a large pyramid with an immense staircase,presenting a new and extraordinary feature, entirely differentfrom all we have seen in Yucatan. Was this a specimen ofa different civilisation, or simply a particular building whichbelonged to an earlier epoch ?—were the questions which pre-sented themselves to my somewhat bewildered imagination. 296 The Ancient Cities of the New World. This strange monument is surmounted by thirty-six pillars(only twenty-nine are still standing) each 4 feet square, andfrom 14 to 16 feet high. These pillars are arranged in threeparallel rows 10 feet apart from north to south, and 15 fromeast to west; whilst the esplanade supporting them is 212 feetlong by 46 feet wide, rounded off at the ext
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