Museum Details |
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Name: | Zona Arqueológica de Toniná, INAH |
Street Address: | Domicilio Conocido, Z. A. de Tonina |
City: | Ocosingo |
State: | Chiapas |
Country: | México |
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Telephone: | 961-612-8360 |
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Website: | http://www.inah.gob.mx/index_.html |
Staff Contacts: | Contact: C. Rutilo A. Rodriguez Castro |
Quality of Online Info: | In Spanish; Website includes the significance, description, and history of the site, as well as links to other sites. |
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Focus: | Architectural features of boulder blocks and stone chippings; Inscribed stelae, altars, panels, and stucco friezes on site and in the local museum; Discovery of human bones. Ball game markers with images of captives. Iconography: Earth monsters, birds, serpents, and the rain god, Chaac. |
Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 448.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/index_.html |