HISTORY OF MESO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

CHICHEN ITZA No.2

Castillo, or Temple of Kulkulkan. Early Post-Classic.

• Kulkulkan is the Maya tounge of Quetzalcoatl which is the helo of the Toltec culture.
  
• The base is 59m square and the 9 storied pyramid's height is 24m. The pyramid has 91 steps each in 4 faces. The top of the pyramid has 1 step so that the total of the steps are 91x4+1=365 which means a year.

Castillo.

• There is a Temple (Early Toltec) with Chac-mool statue inside.

Photo: Kohichi Hotta

[No.1]Temple of the Warriors : [No.2]Castillo
[No.3]Ball Court, Platform of the Jaguars and Eagles. : [No.4]Tzompantli, Caracol
[No.5]Chac-mool statue, Jaguar throne