Maya architecture

pyramid in Chichén Itzám

arch-like construction method

architecture style

right|thumb|Sacbe at Dzibilchaltun in the Yucatán thumb|right|Arch at the end of the sacbé, Kabah, Yucatán

Mayan arqueological site in Guatemala

Maya archaeological site

Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque

Mayan pyramid in Mexico

thumb|Major sites of the Puuc style (black), Chenes style (green) and transitional styles (blue)right|thumb|Puuc building at Xculoc, Campeche, as drawn by [[Frederick Catherwood, 1841 ]] right|thumb|Ruins of the Palace of Sayil. thumb|Decoration of Codz Poop at Kabáh. thumb|Detail of building in the Nunnery Quadrangle in Uxmal. Puuc is the name of a region in the Mexican state of Yucatán and a Maya architectural style prevalent in that region. The word puuc is derived from the Maya term for "hill". Since the Yucatán is relatively flat, this term was extended to encompass the large karstic rang

ancient site

right|thumb|200px|An archaeologist investigating a chultún right|thumb|150px|Entrance to chultún at Xunantunich A chultún (or chultun, plural: ''chultunob' or chultúns'') is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica. Their entrances were surrounded by plastered aprons which guided rainwater into them during the rainy seasons. Most of these archaeological features likely functioned as cisterns for potable water.

Tomb of Maya Noblewoman

temple in Tikal

Guatemalan pyramid

temple in Tikal

Temple in Tikal

style in Mayan architecture

architectural complexes at the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala

ancient site in Guatemala

E-Groups are unique architectural complexes found among a number of ancient Maya settlements. They are central components to the settlement organization of Maya sites and, like many other civic and ceremonial buildings, could have served for astronomical observations. These sites have been discovered in the Maya Lowlands and other regions of Mesoamerica and have been dated to Middle Preclassical to Terminal Classic Period. thumb|275px|right|North Face of the Temple of Masks, E Group Uaxactun It has been a common opinion that the alignments incorporated in these structural complexes correspond

style of Mayan structure

archaeological complex in Guatemala