Artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan


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In this volume, specialists analyze the great variety of objects found in the Well of Sacrifice and debate whether they represent evidence of dateable prehistorical ritual. The collection includes the rare remains of hundreds of textiles, wooden objects, and copal incense offerings, as well as lithics, ceramics, and bone and shell artifacts.



















Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 2


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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 2: Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley; Reports of Explorations for the Museum, Part Second The facade of the whole structure faced the north, and on this Side above a terrace is a series of chambers running the whole length, above which is another platform crowned with the temples. On the rear Side facing the south there are only broad steps formed of massive stones, and no chambers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.