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t4.26 Rattlesnake present<strong>in</strong>g head <strong>in</strong> jaws.<br />

The Quadrangle, Uxmal, Yucatán L0th c., Early Postclassic<br />

t4.27 Serpent head with a human head <strong>in</strong> its jaws,<br />

Palace at Labná, Yucatán. Late Classic period<br />

1,4.28 Chac, the Ra<strong>in</strong> God, stand<strong>in</strong>g on Serpent Head. Codex Madrid, 30<br />

L4.29 Annex of the Nuns at Chidrenltzá., Yucatán<br />

L4.30 Chac masks on facade of the Palace of the Masks (Codz Pop)<br />

Kabáh, Yucatán. Puuc architecture, Late Classic period<br />

L4.3L Tzompantli, or "wall of sculls" at Chichenltzá.<br />

14.32 Altar of skulls (Tzompøntlí), or the 'Tomb of Time"<br />

Aztæ. culture, L+th-16th c. A.D.<br />

L4.33 Platform of the Tzompantli, Wall of Skulls, Chichen ltzá,<br />

Details of warior and Serpent head<br />

t4.U Pillar, Temple of the Warriors, Chidren Itzá, Early Postdassic<br />

1,4.35 Pillars featur<strong>in</strong>g warriors, captives with bound wrists, and priests<br />

Temple of the Warriors, Chichen ltzá, Eatly Postclassic period<br />

L4.36 Human <strong>in</strong> fel<strong>in</strong>e costime, engaged with supernatural figure<br />

Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itzá,Yucatán. Early Postclassic<br />

L4.37 Platform of the Tzompantti, Chidren ltzá<br />

Eagles eat<strong>in</strong>g human hearts, and panels of war:riors with serpents<br />

14.38 Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars<br />

]aguars and eagles eat<strong>in</strong>g human heatts, Chichen ltzá,,Yucatán<br />

t4.39 Band of feathered rattlesnakes eat<strong>in</strong>g human skeletons<br />

Carved wall beh<strong>in</strong>d þramid B,TuIa, Hidalgo. Late Postclassic<br />

14.40 Eagle eat<strong>in</strong>g a human heart. Detail from carved wall of<br />

$rramid<br />

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B, TulA Hidalgo. Late Postclassic<br />

14.41 Heroic figure emerg<strong>in</strong>g from a stylized cave-maw<br />

Olmec basalt carv<strong>in</strong>g, Tabascq La Venta, c. 800 B.C.<br />

14.42 Olmec Cave Mask, Chalcatz<strong>in</strong>go,í0D-4}O n.c. Basalt carv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

14.43 Inner doorway of Temple 22, Copân<br />

Skybearers , skulls represent<strong>in</strong>g the Underworld, and sky-serpent<br />

1,4.44 Monster-mouth mask doorvrray to a temple at Chicanna, Campeche<br />

t4.45 The Magician's ll¡ramid. Uxmal, Yucatán. I^ate Classic<br />

L4.46 The Magician's lìrramid, Uxmal<br />

Chac masks along stairway to the temple<br />

1.4.47 Enkance mask flanked by effigies of Chac, the ra<strong>in</strong> god<br />

The Magician's þramid. Uxmal, Yucatán. Late Classic<br />

74.48 El Castillo (The Castle) Ilramid at ChichénItzá, Yucatán. Toltec era

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