. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION - i Architecture. The idea of a civic center is ad- mirably illustrated in Mayan cities, particularly those of the first brilliant period. The principal structures are built around courts or plazas and there is usually an artificial acropolis which is a great terraced mound serving- as a common base or. Fig. 20. Groundplans of Yaxchilnn Temples: (a) Struc- ture 42; (6) Structure 23. platform from which the individual pyramidal bases of several temples rise. At some sites
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION - i Architecture. The idea of a civic center is ad- mirably illustrated in Mayan cities, particularly those of the first brilliant period. The principal structures are built around courts or plazas and there is usually an artificial acropolis which is a great terraced mound serving- as a common base or. Fig. 20. Groundplans of Yaxchilnn Temples: (a) Struc- ture 42; (6) Structure 23. platform from which the individual pyramidal bases of several temples rise. At some sites this acrop- olis is a natural hill which has been trimmed down or added to, but at other sites it is entirely arti- ficial. At Copan there is an especially fine example of artificial platform mound rising from one end of the Great Plaza and affording space for several. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York
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