- 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...
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chacmool excavated from the Maya site of Chichén Itzá in the Yucatán by
Augustus Le
Plongeon possesses imagery ****ociated with Tláloc. This
chacmool is...
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altar figurine. They
coined the name "Chaacmol" (later "Chac Mool" or
chacmool) for it.
Although their derivation of the name is
known now to have had...
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Detail of the
Temple of the Warriors,
showing a
statue of
Chacmool...
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created chacmools,
reclining figures used for rituals,
based on
those that they
encountered in Tula.
Comparison between Toltec Chacmool and
Aztec Chacmool Richard...
- motifs,
commonly eagles or jaguars.
Another kind of
cuauhxicalli is the
Chacmool-type,
which is
shaped as a
reclining person holding a bowl on his belly...
- the top of the temple. The
victim would then be laid on a
stone slab, a
chacmool, by four priests, and
their abdomen would be
sliced open by a
fifth priest...
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Chacmool, Maya, from the
Platform of the Eagles,
Chichen Itza, Mexico, ca. 800–90 CE...
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similar to
other depictions of
thrones found in Maya
murals (Temple of
Chacmool), thus
whoever was
seated on this
throne (possibly the high priest) could...
- the
chacmool has no
confirmation in any m****cript,
which makes deciphering their meaning difficult. However, she
argues that "two
Aztec chacmools found...
