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alfardas (<balustrades, railings and their components>, barrier elements, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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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. |
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alfardas (preferred,C,U,English,D,L,PN)
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alfardas (mesoamericana) (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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alfarda (C,U,English,AD,L,N)
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............ | variant othography, Spanish |
alfarda (mesoamericana) (Spanish,UF,U)
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cuatetomitl (C,U,Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,U)
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............ | alternate term |
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............................ <balustrades, railings and their components> (G) |
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................................ alfardas (G) |
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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Tlahtolli arquitectonico tlen quimanextia itenno tetl tlen nopa escaleras tlen tzacualli ipan tiopan tlen centro Mexco. Quemmantzin quichihchiuhtotayah huan quitzontlamihtoyah ica ce tzontecomitl tlen ce coatl ipan periodo posclasico. |
Spanish ..... Término arquitectónico que define los bordes de piedra de las escaleras de las bases piramidales de los templos del centro de México. A veces estaban decorados con un relieve rematado con una cabeza de serpiente en el periodo posclásico. |
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