A chacmool (also spelled chac-mool or Chac Mool) is a form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting …

Jan 26, 2019 · A Chac Mool is a very specific type of Mesoamerican statue associated with ancient cultures such as the Aztecs and Maya. The statues, made of different types of stone, …

May 22, 2021 · Archaeology confirms that twelve chacmools have been discovered at the Toltec city of Tula, known for its famous Atlantean Statues, the massive stone sculptures of warriors, …

Sculptures of this type, featuring a reclining male figure holding a bowl on his torso, were given the invented name Chac Mool by nineteenth-century explorers during an archaeological …

Sep 11, 2023 · The Chaac Mool is one of the most enduring and well-known icons of México’s ancient past. One of the best preserved Chaac Mools ever discovered is now on display at …

Sep 20, 2019 · With over a dozen Chacmool statues found at Chichén Itzá, many in prominent locations - such as in antechambers of temples or set in association with thrones or sacrificial …

Chacmools are found in Central Mexico and Yucata'n with the greatest number concentrated at the archaeological sites of Tula, Hidalgo, and Chiche'n Itza', Yucata'n. A chacmool excavated …

May 29, 2023 · The Chac-Mool statue and Marker Marker can be reached from Quintana Roo C-1, 0.1 kilometers south of Av. Claudio Canto. The marker is located in southern section of the …

Sep 2, 2017 · Who was Chac-mool? – The Chac-mool statue as it appears today in Mexico City at National Museum of Anthropology. (Via author) Le Plongeon named the statue ‘Chacmool’, or …

Mar 5, 2016 · The most famous statue of this type was excavated in the area of the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza in 1875 by the nineteenth-century explorer Augustus …