can8602_27, Caracol (The Observatory), Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico : 無料・フリー素材/写真
can8602_27, Caracol (The Observatory), Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico / jimg944
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| 説明 | A Walking Tour of Chichén Itzá: Chichén Itzá, one of best known archaeological sites of the Maya civilization, has a split personality. The site is located in the northern Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, about 90 miles from the coast. The south half of the site, called Old Chichén, was constructed beginning about 700 AD, by Puuc Maya emigres from the southern Yucatan. The Puuc built temples and palaces at Chichén Itzá including the Red House (Casa Colorada) and the Nunnery (Casa de las Monejas). The Toltec component of Chichén Itzá arrived from Tula about 950 AD and their influence can be seen in the the Osario (the High Priest's Grave), and the Eagle and Jaguar Platforms. Most interestingly, a cosmopolitan blending of the two created the Observatory (the Caracol) and the Temple of the Warriors.The Observatory at Chichén Itzá is called el Caracol (or snail in Spanish) because it has an interior staircase that spirals upward like a snail's shell. The round, concentrically-vaulted Caracol was built and rebuilt several times over its use, in part, scholars believe, to calibrate the astronomical observations. The first structure was probably built here during the transition period of the late 9th century and consisted of a large rectangular platform with a stairway on its west side. A round tower of about 48 feet high was built atop the platform, with a solid lower body, a central portion with two circular galleries and a spiral staircase and an observation chamber on the top. Later, a circular and then a rectangular platform was added. The windows in the Caracol point in the cardinal and subcardinal directions and are believed to enable the tracking of the movement of Venus, the Pleides, the sun and the moon and other celestial events. Mayanist J. Eric Thompson once described the Observatory as "hideous... a two-decker wedding cake on the square carton in which it came." For a complete discussion of the archaeoastronomy of el Caracol, see Anthony Aveni's classic Skywatchers.Photo taken in February 1986 on Kodachrome 64 film with a Minolta SLR camera and Vivitar 70-150 zoom. Scanned 2005. Photo by: Jim Gateley. Text Copyright 2006: archaeology.about.com/mbiopage.htm used with permission. A list of references used for this project is available for further reading on Chichén Itzá. |
| 撮影日 | 1986-02-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | jimg944 , Silicon Valley, CA, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Chichén-Itzá, Yucatan, México 地図 |
| カメラ | SRT201 , Minolta |