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Puuc
Puuc is a range of low hills and the surrounding region in the western Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, and the name of the Maya architectural style that flourished there between about 700 and 1000 CE. Puuc buildings have plain lower walls and upper facades of finely cut stone mosaic, with geometric designs and masks of the rain god Chaac. Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil and Labna are its best-known sites.
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