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THE MAYA: ARCHITECTURE
walls approached near enough for the space to be bridged by single slabs. Meanwhile the outer faces of the walls were carried up vertically or at a slope, and the exterior
Fig.74.—Transverse section of a typical Yucatec building.
| a. | Lower wall with doorway. | |
| b. | Doorway. | |
| c. | Wooden lintels. | |
| d. | Communication doorway. | |
| e. | Inner face of arch. | |
| f. | Capstones of arch. | |
| g. | Lower string-course. | |
| h. | Decorated entablature. | |
| i. | Upper string-course. | |
| j. | Flying facade with ornament (sometimes added). | |
| k. | Cornice of last. | |
| l. | Roof-crest with ornament (sometimes substituted for j). | |
| (After Holmes) | ||
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