Noun
chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)
(archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.
A chacmool from Costa Rica was dated by the excavators to approximately AD 1000. Source: Internet
Associations between the rain god, war and human sacrifice may have continued into the Postclassic period as demonstrated by the chacmool within the Castillo at Chichen Itza, which bears small images of the Maya rain god Chaac on its ear ornaments. Source: Internet
Carballo 1955, p. 4. A man named Filiberto buys a chacmool for his art collection, Filer 1984, p. 477. and discovers that the stone is slowly becoming flesh. Source: Internet
Form The chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, leaning on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its chest. Source: Internet
However, Tula and Chichen Itza may have developed simultaneously with rapid communication of the chacmool form from one city to the other. Source: Internet
Interpretations Chacmool inside the Castillo pyramid of Chichen Itza The meaning of the chacmool figures varied across time depending upon the geographical and cultural context. Source: Internet