MY HUSBAND AND I TRAVELLED BY BUS AND STAYED IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL QUARTERS. IT IS SAID THAT ALL THE BAGS OF ARTIFACTS WERE EATEN BY COCKROACHES SO LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE DATING OF THE SITE. THERE IS GOOD INFORMATION ON BUILDINGS AND MURALS. THEY HAD AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATORY BUILDING. DATES ARE AMBIGUOUS. NUMEROUS PYRAMIDS SURROUND THE CAROSOL, OR OBSERVATORY. IT WAS ANOTHER WALLED CITY. IT PROBABLY WAS BUILT AROUND 1000 AD. THEY HAD A TRADE CENTER THERE FOR COTTON CLOTH, SLAVES, SALT, HONEY AND OTHER CITIES HERE WERE IMPORTANT TRADE CENTERS. THEY HAD A MOTIF OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT WHICH IS COMMON TO THE CHONTAL AREA.
CHICHEN ITZA TRANSLATES AS "MOUTH OF THE WELL". THE FIRST RULER WHO LED THIS CITY WAS KAKUPACAL. LATER IT WAS RULED BY CHONTAL MAYA, A MEXICAN. CHICHEN ITZA IS A GRAND SCALE OF TULA! I REMEMBER HUGE SCULPTED STONES LYING ISOLATED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SITE AS WE TREKED ALL AROUND THE AREA.
IT IS IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE YUCATAN.
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