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2500 BCE
Olmec Head
Olmec Civilization:
Height: 1.17 to 3.4 metres
Material: Basalt
Seventeen structures
Arranged lines or groups at major Olmec centers.
w: 20 Tons -
2500 BCE
Olmec Altars
Material: basalt
Are called altars, but although many experts now believe they were thrones (Because they have flat tops with figures in the front). -
900 BCE
La Venta, Tabasco
Olmec Civilization:
The Great Pyramid -
100
Pyramid of the Sun
Teotihuacan civilization:
Height: 75 mts.
Material: Adobe, stone covered with stucco. -
100
Teotihuacan Offerings: jade, obsidian, figurines
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150
Pyramid of the Moon
Teotihuacan civilization:
Height: 43 mts.
Material: Adobe, stone covered with stucco. -
150
Quetzalcoatl Temple
Teotihuacan civilization:
Height: 21 mts -
525
El Castillo (Chichen –Itza)
Maya Civilization:
Height: 24 mts
Base: 55.5 mts
Temple: 6 mt -
525
Talud Tablero- El Castillo
Maya Civilization:
The "Talud Tablero" (architectural element) is located in such a way that its shadow is cast on the sides of the staircase, shaping the body of Kukulcán (the feathered serpent), whose head is sculpted at the foot of the Pyramid. -
525
Chacmool
Toltec and Maya Civilization:
Chacmools were often associated with sacrificial stones or thrones. -
683
Temple of the Inscriptions
Maya Civilization:
Palenque, Chiapas
Pakal funerary temple.
Height: 22mts.
Originally colored -
700
Great Jaguar Temple
Maya civilization:
Tikal- Guatemala. Petén.
Height: 45 mts.
Stepped pyramid with 9 plattforms.
Material: Limestone -
700
Pyramid of the Magician
Maya Civilization:
Uxmal, Yucatan
Height: 35 mts
Measures: 69 x 49 mts at its base -
900
Palacio Quemado
Toltec civilization:
Rectangular building.
90 by 60 meters.
Three halls.
Materials: Clay bricks, wooden beams, otates, volcanic stone -
900
Atlante
Toltec Civilization:
Architectural element, whose function was to support the structure of the temple of Tlahuizcalpantecutli -
900
The Coatepantli (serpent wall)
Toltec Civilization:
Architectural element: Coatepantli is a Nahuatl word: "wall of serpents".
Theory: Used to mark the boundary between ceremonial and non-ceremonial land.
At Pyramid B -
Team Members
Kevin Doniz Allende/ Gabriela Sánchez Franco/ Jorge Jiménez Olmos.
