Río Bec

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'''Río Bec''' is a sizable site of the [[Pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization]], located in what is now southern [[Campeche state]], [[Mexico]]. It is also the name of a style of Maya [[architecture]].

== The site of Rio Bec ==

== Rio Bec style ==
Rio Bec temple pyramids are located in the central Maya lowlands. The temple-pyramids are characterized by a unique architectural style that began to appear during the seventh century A.D. and continued into the early twelfth century A.D. The temple-pyramids consist of a range-type building with typically two nonfunctional solid masonry towers on both ends of the range-type building [http://www.mayaruins.com/becan/m3_048a.html]. BULL SHIT BULL SHIT BULL SHIT.
The twin-towers narrow with ascension in order to give an illusion of greater height. The twin-towers appear to have stairs along their faces leading to the [[temple]] that rests atop them. However, the steps are only a design motif that creates the illusion of functional stairs. Even if the steps were functional, the towers rise at steep vertical angles that would make ascending them difficult.
The temples, which are located on the platform at the top of the Río Bec towers are inoperative as well. The temples are solid masses with no interior rooms. Pseudo-doorways, which have been built into niches in the fronts of the temples, give the appearance of a functional door [http://www.mexicoweb.com/travel/zcamruni.html].
Despite their nonfunctional components, the Río Bec towers hold the typical decorations of a [[pyramid]] and its upper temple and at first glance are taken as functional pyramids. The purpose of the Río Bec temple-pyramids is unknown, but they do resemble the twin-tower complexes of [[Tikal]]. This might suggests that they were created in an attempt make their society appear higher in stature and wealth.

[[Category:Maya sites in Campeche]]
[[Category:Maya architecture]]
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