Site: Chichen Itza | Schele Number: 5004 | Description: detail of southwest panel of painted mural, upper temple of the jaguar, great ballcourt. scene shows battle involving captain sun disk and serpent warriors in front of a maya town. | Architectural Feature: Mural | Chronological Era: Terminal Classic | Notes: after tozzer 1957. see also sd5054. | Culture: Maya | Publications: L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:237, Fig. 6.36, B7G L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:374, Fig. 9:23
D. Freidel, L. Schele And J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years On The Shaman's Path, 1993:326, Fig. 7:27 | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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