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monte alban 9

court, were built of stone & possibly of rubble & adobe - all plastered generally one way or [[?]] are quite unimportant in dimensions 
as compared with the massive pyramided bases. The latter were rectangular & oblong and were 
[[strike through]] often too [[/strike through]] faced with masonry, the walls 
often sloping a few degrees as with terraces where height demanded & presumably stairways on the inner facade.  Often the superstructure stood back leaving a wide floor-terrace
overlooking a court.  It is difficult to say whether the promenade in lower terraces or in Grand Inner