Images from this month’s retro photo album called Cancun, Jan 11 – Feb 15, 2007.
The term Puuc is used to designate the architectural style of ancient Maya sites located within the Puuc hills, hence, the term Puuc architecture. This architectural style began at the end of the Late Classic period but experienced its greatest extent during the Terminal Classic period.
In the florescence of Puuc-style architecture, buildings were decorated with carefully cut veneer stones set into a concrete core. The lower portion of the façades were blank surfaces of rectangular blocks punctuated by doorways, while the upper façades were richly decorated with intricate stone mosaics, often alternating repeated geometric elements with more elaborate figurative sculpture. Long-nosed masks (commonly believed to be of the Maya rain god Chaac) are found on many Puuc buildings:
Look closely to see the profile of Chaac on the contour of this structure.
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Krista Marson 