Until recently little more than a large undulating, shapeless mound, the so-called Palace of the Stuccos has been carefully cleaned and consolidated, revealing a complex structure that includes many once-vaulted rooms and stairways. Its non-pyramidal nature would probably point to its inclusion in the broad category of palaces or range-type structures which, modern scholars speculate, may have once functioned as administrative buildings and/or as the dwelling places of the ruling class and other high-status individuals.