costumes of military significance, and warrior columns represent a new artistic form introduced during the Early Postclassic period. In the Group of the Thousand Columns (dating to ca. 950/980-1050/1100), the Mercado features alternating piers and columns that were painted with yellow, red, and blue registers and once supported a vaulted roof, while other columns in the structure framed a shallow impluvium.

Renaissance and later styles