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Page 315
... served as a raised platform on which the major community buildings were placed . These council houses and temples served as the political and ceremonial centres . The platform mounds were placed on the sides of a central plaza that ...
... served as a raised platform on which the major community buildings were placed . These council houses and temples served as the political and ceremonial centres . The platform mounds were placed on the sides of a central plaza that ...
Page 327
... served not only as physical and mental healers and diviners but also as artists and poets . They defined and described the world of the sacred and regulated the fortune of souls before and after death , thereby serving as Shamans ...
... served not only as physical and mental healers and diviners but also as artists and poets . They defined and described the world of the sacred and regulated the fortune of souls before and after death , thereby serving as Shamans ...
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... served to brace and support the weight and to transfer it downward to the ground at the same time . The squinch served its purpose well enough and continued in use for many centuries , but it had certain weaknesses ; the pen- dentive ...
... served to brace and support the weight and to transfer it downward to the ground at the same time . The squinch served its purpose well enough and continued in use for many centuries , but it had certain weaknesses ; the pen- dentive ...
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