El Caracol
by Ellen Henneke
Title
El Caracol
Artist
Ellen Henneke
Medium
Photograph - Watercolor On Canvas
Description
Image of El Caracol, or the Observatory, a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means 'snail' in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower. The structure is dated to around AD906, the Late Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, by the stele on the upper platform.
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December 3rd, 2014
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