This album illustrates unusual elements of Maya architecture that are often local and sometimes unique. Click on the photos for enlargements.

Back of Temple I with a dorsal ridge, Tikal.

Teotihuacán style temple in tablero-talud, Tikal.

Drain located at the base of the Acropolis, Toniná.

Palace toilet connected to the aqueduct, Palenque.

Window of a building in the Central Acropolis, Tikal.

Cache at the base of a stela, Copán.

"T" shaped column of a palace, Toniná.

Section of the Temple of the Cross, Palenque.

Gateway in the south building of the Nunnery, Uxmal.

Niche at floor level (unknown function), Quiriguá.

Crypt in a temple (unknown function), Palenque.

Stepped square well (unknown function), Toniná.