A view of the Great Acropolis plaza from slightly above its northeastern corner looking to the southwestern one, marked by a Peten-style small temple. The low platform in the middle of the plaza is a variant of the radial structures found in many plazas throughout the Maya area. They are called radial because they have stairs on all four sides, a feature suggesting cardinal associations. Perhaps the best known of these structures is Structure A in the Great Plaza of Copan, Honduras.