Pre-Columbian Art

Slide list 6

 

Post-Classic Maya and the Toltec Question, 9th-10th century

Sites:

Tula, Central Mexico (Hidalgo state), 10th century

 

Chichen Itza, Yucatan, 9th-10th century

 

 

Chichen ItzaÕs South-central Zone

ÒNunneryÓ

ÒChurchÓ

Caracol, 9th-10th century

 

 

Chichen ItzaÕs North-central Zone

Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, 9th-10th century

 

Castillo, Chichen Itza, 9th-10th century

 

Ballcourt, Chichen Itza, 9th-10th century

         Temple of the Jaguars

 

 

Terms:

Toltec, Tollan

Quetzalcoatl and Kukulcan

Chacmool

Lake Peten Itza, Peten region of Guatemala

Uxmal, Puuc region of Yucatan (today Campeche state)