. Guide leaflet. ents. For allwe know there may have been superbbuildings of wood representing an inter-esting and imposing architectural ordertThich, being incapable of preservation^ islost to us. We cannot, then, judge build- ings en nuisse, i)ut niu>t trace by in-di\idual temples the course of CentralAineiican aichilect uic The fundainenlal idea in (enti-al Ain(.*r-ican ai-cliitecture was to (-reatt; a localpoint for ceremonies which took ])lace out-side tlu! buildings. The temj)les wereseldom intended to house congregations,as were the cathedrals of JMii-ope or thegreat teni])les of Egy
. Guide leaflet. ents. For allwe know there may have been superbbuildings of wood representing an inter-esting and imposing architectural ordertThich, being incapable of preservation^ islost to us. We cannot, then, judge build- ings en nuisse, i)ut niu>t trace by in-di\idual temples the course of CentralAineiican aichilect uic The fundainenlal idea in (enti-al Ain(.*r-ican ai-cliitecture was to (-reatt; a localpoint for ceremonies which took ])lace out-side tlu! buildings. The temj)les wereseldom intended to house congregations,as were the cathedrals of JMii-ope or thegreat teni])les of Egypt, nor in shape or{)urpose do they resemble those colossalmortuary chambers, the Pyramids. Mayaand ^lexican ceremonial structures weretrue monuments to the glory of the gods. view of this dominant interest, theconstant enlargement of buildings is notsurj)rising. Moreover, in several regions,the termination of a fifty-two year cyclewas the occasion for renovating all pos-sessions, ceremonial and personal, even. I QO PAN Plan or thcPRINCIPAL RUINED STRUCTURES RELIEF MAP OF COPAX, HONDURAS Showing the plan of this ancient Maya city. Note the amount of grading- clone before construction of buildings began. After Maudslay, 1899 24: AMEincW MlSKlM (ICIDE LEAFLET
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