. Guide leaflet. TEMPLE OE THE SEX. PALEXQTE The most evolved type of Maya building. Compare the wide roomshere with the narrow slots at Tikal (p. 22). Notice also the shrinein the bark room, and the division of the door into a colonnade ithin its ing could Ije indefinitely prolonged. Atfirst these houses seem to have been com-posed of three or four oljlong rooms fittedtogether to form a rectangle. Later,when size l)cgan to l)e more esteemed,ranks of rooms were stritng together likebeads. The highest development of this kind ofbuilding was found in Yucatan. Insteadof a plaster facade, the faci
. Guide leaflet. TEMPLE OE THE SEX. PALEXQTE The most evolved type of Maya building. Compare the wide roomshere with the narrow slots at Tikal (p. 22). Notice also the shrinein the bark room, and the division of the door into a colonnade ithin its ing could Ije indefinitely prolonged. Atfirst these houses seem to have been com-posed of three or four oljlong rooms fittedtogether to form a rectangle. Later,when size l)cgan to l)e more esteemed,ranks of rooms were stritng together likebeads. The highest development of this kind ofbuilding was found in Yucatan. Insteadof a plaster facade, the facing of thesehouses was of stone, which was elaboratelycarved. The general field of decorationwas between the top wall and the a large building of several ranks ofrooms was extremely unsatisfactory, sincethe inner rooms were deprived of lightand air. To overcome this, the idea ofcreatino- second and third stories was 30 Ll//; MIS/:IM GLIDE LEAFLET. THE (MiKAT TEMPLE AT TEXOCHTITLAX. THE ANCIENT MEXICO CITY Tliis building and that on page 27 show the Mexican emphasis on planes in contrast to the Maya use of ornament. The double temple is in honor of the Kain and War Gods. (See Natural History Volume XXXIII. pp. lS-191. Reconstruction by Ignacio Marquina evolved. As we have seen in the templearchitecture, it was incompatible withMaya idea of safety to support a greatweight on a hollow foundation. In build-ing a second story the Maya usuallyfilled in the rooms immediately beneaththe projected upper floor. To keep themaximum number of rooms in use, eachof the rooms was stepped back from theone below. Another method of construct-ing an ((li(i(e of more than one story wasto surround with ranks of rooms the plat-form su]>p()rting a building. We have seen that at first the concep-tion of an enclosed space was predominant,and that later air and light began to beconsidered by erecting several tiers ofrooms. As a corollary of this, the
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