prev - home - index - next This enigmatic type of sculptural depiction became very extended in the Post-Classic Period. Examples of it have been found from the Yucatan all the way up to Tula, in the Central Highland modern-day State of Hidalgo. The "Chac Mool" name for this kind of figure is baseless. Reclining figure with plate on abdomen Toltec Early Post-Classic (900-1250 A.D.) State of Tlaxcala Stone 66 x 141 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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