Pictures from Mexico City: Second batch
(First batch here.)
Actually, these come from Teotihuacan, the thousand-year-old, 83-sq.-km. archeological site about a half-hour to the northeast of the city. In this pic, you see Yours Truly half-way down a short but still vertigo-inducing incline at the temple dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, one of the smaller pyramids there. Click on the images to enlarge them.
I ask you: what is it with Meso-Americans and their love of pyramid stairs pitched at 60-degree inclines, with high risers and narrow treads?
Below the fold: a close-up of some steps showing their construction, and a shot of this same construction method as used for a wall.
Note the smaller rocks embedded in the mortar holding the larger stones in place.
