Chichen Itza

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Analysis of terminal long count dates from stone monuments in the Maya Lowlands has played a Significant role in characterizing the collapse of polities during the Terminal Classic period. The main focus in this article is based on addressing the idea that a directional abandonment of large political centers occured during the Maya collapse. In the article the authors focus on looking at the spatial and temporal pattern of abandonment of writing on carved monuments as a way of understanding the…

As you already know the Maya were advanced astronomers, architects and mathematicians so it isn’t surprising that they joined these three skills do it. We can find the most famous astronomical pyramid in Chichén Itzá. During equinoxes, an undulating shadow called the “snake” crawls along the side of Kukulcan’s northern staircase. This is caused by the angle of the sun hitting the nine main terraces. Sports were as important to the ancient Maya as they are to…

fourteenth century, was a frightening time for all regions in the mesoamerican area. Records tell a story of wide-spanned, unruled territory of anarchy and chaos, lasting centuries. Many districts being overthrown, such as, the Toltecs, Tula, and the Chichén Itzá all lost their empire to the repulsiveness of unjust combat. After some time about 1325 through 1345 regions started to settle; around the area we know today as Mexico city. This settlement, known as the Aztec empire ended up being the…

I. ARCHITECTURE The Maya culture used architecture as a way to represent power. This culture achieved this representation by the creation and construction of massive monuments. Besides showing power, the Maya architecture had as a main objective to show the respect and passion to their religion, that is to say, that these enormous monuments were sacred for them, in other words, these constructions were seen as gifts from their gods. The Maya received inspiration from the Olmec and the…

Copan, Yinchuan, Tikal and Palenque. Guatemala had highlands, and the Pacific Coast where the Aztec influence in the early Classic period caused some differences in cultural development. The northern Yucatán peninsula, whose sites include Labná, Chichen Itzá and Uxmal, is defined by scrub vegetation, thin soil, and little surface water. The Mayans were geographically isolated from civilizations during their time. The Mayans were geographically isolated from the Greece, Rome, Chinese, Indian,…

Uxmal. Finally ending their journey in Chichen Itza, Mexico. When they were all settled down and comfortable, the Spanish Conquistadors had conquered the Mayans and their area. Not wanting to be ruled, the Mayans had left their home, Chichen Itza. What researchers predict to be the most likely cause of their disappearance was the culture had moved away spreading out and sooner or later dying off. They built the Kukulkan Pyramid while being settled in Chichen. There are multiple pyramids that…

astronomy means to the Mayans. This could potentially be why the Mayans cared so deeply. Mayans would sacrifice anyone, but those who held the knowledge were spared. In the Temple of the Warrior, the altar on top is used to sacrifice to the gods of Chichen-Itza in order to keep rain coming, however, it was believed that those who had knowledge were sacred, and should not be sacrificed. Nowadays, astronomy is not such a big part of our lives, and we do not value it above all else. It probably…

A detailed example of this ritual is also depicted on a gold disk recovered from the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá (Robicsek & Hales, 1984). Numerous wall murals and carvings at the site of Chichen Itza depict human sacrifice (Morely, 1956), such as the scene depicting the dismemberment of the earth goddess by two serpent-shafted knifes in the ball court’s North Temple (Miller, 2008), and scenes in the…

powerful military that would then contribute to the capital becoming increase wealth of their capital. The Toltecs would have close relations with the Mayas and the cross-cultural interactions would assistance with the similar architectural designs to Chichen Itza. A civil dispute would be the downfall of the Toltec state. The Mexica, or the Aztecs, would come to abide the land around Lake Texcoco, and would create their capital Tenochtitlan (modern day Mexico City). The capital would thrive on…