below the main terrace is a ge platformod. s a large ctgular form, over0 mers lon platrmounds e ry speal features. unlike a pyramid a platform can be considered to be a raised stage on which performances, rituals, were carried out that could be viewed by the entireopulation. a large stone slab carved with an earth monster face with a hollow mouth sat on the northern edge of that platform mound again where it was visible to the houses on all thterres below. i can alst imagine a ritual with people moving through that open mouth of that carving. obregon: higher up the volcanic ss is a riescpture at t local pple call"el " e ng like the tes ala ven it shows the figure seated within a cave. grov above the cave are three trobedn ouds. this is a fantastic rain and fertility scene up on the hillside. it's placed right beside the major drainage of rainwater runoff from the hillside. thhiside cvi to n tion tonsure li for peelon weshes ry monent, which call the "flying olme" when i first saw it, i noced that the headdress the flying perso