8. STRUCTURE 36, DZIBILCHALTUN (14TH CENTURY) Structure 36 anchors the northeast corner of Dzibilchaltun's Central Plaza. It juts into Sacbe 1 coming from the Temple of the Seven Dolls at an angle pointing to the Cenote Xlacah. Here the road divides: one leads to the cenote, South and West Plazas; the other continues to the west to residential precincts. The pyramid is not entirely what it seems: from the front it is a convincing version of a classic six tier pyramid with central staircase, once fronted with alfardas or border strip with tableros or perpendicular walls marking each terrace. The rear of the pyramid however is much longer than its front and composed of massive layers of stone which act as buttresses against subsistence. Thus the building is more a tall platform with a staircase on the front, resembling the Southwest Temple at the Great Acropolis at Edzna. The rites performed on this terrace would not have been visible from the Central Plaza which would have made them all the more divine "mysteries."