These offering could consist of anything from foodstuffs like tamales or tortillas to colorful feathers, tobacco or flowers. The purpose of the Chac Mools was generally as a place for sacrificial offerings for the gods. It is never found in the back, where something revered as a deity would be expected to rest. When located in temples, the Chac Mool is nearly always positioned between the spaces associated with the priests and that associated with the people. The statues had a utilitarian purpose and were not, in themselves, worshiped: this is known because of their relative positions within the temples. 9:25ĭescription: Offering table, upper temple of the jaguar, showing warrior figures holding up the top to the large flat surface identified as either a table, bench or "altar."ĭescription: Detail of upper register, lower temple of the jaguar.The statues - some of which are quite elaborate - obviously had an important religious and ceremonial uses for the different cultures that created them. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:376, Fig. 9:13ĭescription: Two warriors left = warrior dressed as gi from panel, north wall, lower temple of the jaguar right = warrior figure from panel 1 at x'telhu Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:361, Fig. 9:18bĭescription: South column, temple 6e1 showing multiple warriors, carrying knives, axes, and spears, facing each other. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:366, Fig. Notes: Drawing after morris, charlot and morris 1931. 3:28ĭescription: Four sides of column 40 from colonnade, temple of the warriors, showing warriors in middle register. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:159, Fig. Iconographic Features: Serpent Way, Supernatural Animal Companion outer walls have been interpreted as representing itzam-yeh manifesting a way ("supernatural animal companion") from the otherworld. 7:26ĭescription: Temple of the warriors, entryway with feathered rattlesnake piers and chak mool. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:322, Fig. Iconographic Features: Astronomy Scorpion Avian
included are a furry animal, two skeletal dancers, rampant eagle, human ritualist with brazier, scorpion, and dog-like animal. 7:27ĭescription: Various iconic elements used at chichen itza.ĭescription: Details of fragment from the exterior mural, north wall, temple of the warriors. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years On The Shaman's Path, 1993:326, Fig. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:374, Fig.
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Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:237, Fig. scene shows battle involving captain sun disk and serpent warriors in front of a maya town. 9:19ĭescription: Detail of southwest panel of painted mural, upper temple of the jaguar, great ballcourt. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:270, Fig. Iconographic Features: Warfare Seat, Bench, Throne Notes: Drawing after morris, charlot and morris 1931 The originals vary between A4 and A3 in size. Having been commissioned to produce illustrations to accompany several of the articles featured on these pages, Phil has offered the originals for sale: send in your offers. 9:15ĭescription: Fragments of north bench, inner chamber, temple of chak mool, showing multiple warriors seated on jaguar seats. Our youngest son Phillip is proving to be a talented artist. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:363, Fig. 6.40(C1)ĭescription: Various kinship phrases, including from top, a = lintel 3, temple of the 3 lintels b = temple of the one lintel c = lintel 3, monjas d - lintel 3a, monjas Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:243, Fig. 1.21ĭescription: Various glyphic phrases from dos pilas, chichen itza/uxmal?, piedras negras, tonina, quirigua, uxmal.ĭescription: Chac mool from south building, great ballcourt, showing figure reclining on his side with legs drawn up and holding a cup. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:46, Fig. See Also: Schele Photos for "Chichen Itza"Ĭlick to view high resolution in a new windowĭescription: Examples of itzam-ye or mut itzamnaaj from the early classic and late classic periods. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:192, Fig. Description: Cotingas on headdresses from stela 25, tikal (above) and temple of the warriors, chichen itza.
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