Museum Details


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