alfardas

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Scope note
Architectural term that defines the stone edges of stairways on the pyramidal bases of temples of central Mexico. They were sometimes decorated with reliefs or capped with a serpent head in the postclassic period.
alfardas
Accepted term: 05-Jan-2026