The above image depicts the complexity of late Middle Preclassic constructions. It captures an excavation after the removal of a series of constructions that involved construction, demolition, and renovation events resulting in complex micro-stratigraphy (both vertical and horizontal). The arrows point out the bases of vertical plastered wall faces. One can note that one wall (the rightmost arrow) would have been visible in the stratigraphic profile; however, others were not as easy to discern. While the walls varied in orientation, “time” in this image moves to the right (the earliest wall is that pointed to the left and the latest is to the right).
The first arrow to the left points out the wall (east to west) of an older platform that was partially demolished when another platform was built. The new platform was initially covered by the 2nd plaster surface from the left, which was later renovated (3rd plaster wall surface from the left). The third wall surface descended to meet the floor surface (in black). Later all of the above was covered by another low platform addition that was faced by the 4th plaster wall face and the upper floor surface (in white).