Because the city was rapidly abandoned by its population, Pompeii-style assemblages were left scattered on the floors of elite residences.
Moving into the Early Classic, it seems to have functioned as an elite residence.
Some villages began to gain prominence as ritual centers, with elite residences and temple mound constructions.
These large facilities are closely associated with elite residences as well as the elite burials inside the architectural complex.
The acropolis was a palace complex used primarily as an elite residence and for administrative purposes.
The architecture is generally representative of a typical style used in early 19th-century British North America for elite residences.
Structure C-1 is an elite residence.
There would have been numerous elite residences nearby, as well as structures to support certain crafts.
The long history of this structure provides important evidence about the development of elite residences in Pompeii.
The longer mounds likely supported administrative buildings and/or elite residences.