HISTORY OF MESO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

CHICHEN ITZA No.3

Ball Court seen from the Castillo.

• The small platform is the Platform of the Jaguars and Eagles. Tzompantli is behind the platform.

Ball Court seen from South. The shrine is center of the walls. 9-13c.

• The area of the ball court is 166(163.5)m by 68(67.5)m and the biggest in the Mesoamerica.
  The ball court itself is 146(144)m by 36m and has the shrines at the east and west.
• A goal ring is seen at the center of both two walls.
• The existence of the ball court is the characteristic of Mayan architecture. See other ball courts in Copan and Monte Alban.

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