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Not only is Chichen Itza one of the greatest sites of ancient Mesoamerica, but it arguably contains the largest corpus of monumental sculpture known for any Maya site. Yet rather than appearing on freestanding sculpture such as stelae, this remarkable body of art is primarily applied to the surfaces of buildings, such as balustrades, sculpted columns, and especially bas-relief panels. For many years we have been aware of elaborate relief scenes from the Great Terrace of "New Chichen," including the Ball Court and the attendant North Temple, the Lower Temple of the Jaguars, the Tzompantli, and the Temple of the Warriors, with its magnificent friezes of reclining human figures accompanied by fierce animals clutching human hearts. However, archaeological investigations have documented equally exceptional bas-relief programs to the south in the area known as Old Chichen. the most noteworthy being the Osario and still farther south, the Initial Series Group, the focus of this study.

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