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Introduction
The two outstanding architectural features in the Plaza as excavated so far as those that delimit its northern edge: the revetment wall and the staircase complex. These two features constitute, at the same time, the hinge between the lower and the upper sacred area, i.e., the Plaza and the Temple Terrace.
Both the revetment wall and the staircase are monumental in nature, they convey rich meanings, and are extremely well preserved.
They are also steeped in history. On the one hand, they remained in constant use for over one thousand years. On the other, they seem to be follow closely the footprint of a much earlier antecedent: if so, the history of the sacred space bespeaks an amazing continuity, stretching as it does over some two millennia.
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Structures
The border itself stretches as a continuous line from east to west, and then, after a wide circular bend, from south to north.
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