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Important surviving evidence of original form and structure of half-vaulted passageways under staircases ("flying staircase"), the capstone resting on the medial molding. Elite Residence, West Facade, Central Staircase.
Early photograph; scanned from 35mm slide taken of original photo. Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology (M. H. Saville Collection), American Museum of Natural History.