Chichén Itzá, Temple of the Warriors: detail depicting a sculpted serpent (the Temple of the Warriors is a four-tier pyramid with a staircase flanked by ramps that end in sculpted serpents' heads)
- Creator:
- unknown (Maya)
- Published/Created:
- Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá
ca. 900-1521 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
- Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- Site of Pre-Columbian Maya and Toltec city in the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico. It flourished during the Post-Classic period (ca. 900-1521 CE). Chichén Itzá ('mouth of the well of the Itzá') is named after its 'Sacred Cenote', a natural limestone sinkhole th
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Pre-Columbian -- Maya -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Pre-Columbian -- Toltec -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Terminal Classic
- Culture:
- Mesoamerican: Maya
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-M-M-CI-D8
- Genre:
- religious buildings: temples (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; deities; military; war construction complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites); complexes; sites (locations); historic sites quadrangle
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10099090
- PID:
- digcoll:2233541