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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo14amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The lower chamber of the Temple of the Jaguars is a mass of interesting sculptm-es wliich were primarily painted and which show processions of warriors who bear tributes to various gods. Two rectangular columns formerly supported the facade which has now fallen When Grijalva and Cortes sailed their caravels to the low-lying, palm-fringed coast of Yucatan in 1517 and 1518, they found the Maya Indians in a state of advancement that excited wonder and
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Detail of the sculptured lower chamber of the Temple of the Jaguars (See stones slightly above center in preceding photograph). The stones seem to have been carved after they were put in place in the wall. Traces of color are still discernible 26 admiration. Yet we know from many documents that not a single one of the great stone-built cities was really occu- pied at this time. Great trees were growing from the roofs of the buildings at Uxmal and while Chichen Itza was a place of pilgrimage and sacrifice, it is pretty clear that the temples we have just seen were all aban- doned and in partial ruin. To restore the history of Chichen Itza we must review our knowledge of the other great Maya cities situated not only in northern Yucatan but also far to the south and west in Guatemala and Honduras. The restoration of

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