Chichén Itzá and Maya Archaeology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Foreword 6
4. Acknowledgments 8
5. Chichén Itzá: serpent columns at the entrance to the Temple of the Warriors 10
6. Chichén Itzá and Maya Archaeology 11
7. Chichén Itzá: The Site and Its People 13
8. Plan of Chichén Itzá 18
9. Map of Mesoamerica and lower Central America showing sites and regions discussed in Catalogue 22
10. Introduction. The Cenote of Sacrifice: Catalogue 23
11. Map of Mesoamerica and lower Central America showing sources of materials found in the Cenote 30
12. A Regional Ceremonial Assemblage 31
13. Reliefs, center, west wall, Lower Temple of the Jaguars 40
14. The Early Phase of Sacred Cenote Ritual: Part I 41
15. Gold Disc F 42
16. Gold Disc Ç 50
17. Three jade spherical beads 60
18. Jade bar, inscription, and figure 67
19. The Early Phase of Sacred Cenote Ritual: Part II 79
20. Gold Disc L 94
21. Jade globe 99
22. The Late Phase of Sacred Cenote Ritual 111
23. Gilt copper Sun and tin Moon discs 119
24. Copper disc with deity figure 120
25. Copper disc with bird head 121
26. Jade pebble head 139
27. Plan of the Great Ball Court 156
28. Murals in the Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá 157
29. Painting, east wall, Upper Temple of the Jaguars 158
30. Painting, north wall, Upper Temple of the Jaguars 161
31. Painting, west wall, Upper Temple of the Jaguars 162
32. Painting, south wall, Upper Temple of the Jaguars 165
33. Chronological chart 166
34. Bibliography 167
35. Catalogue Index 173