Noun
Itza pl (plural only)
A Mayan ethnic group native to the Péten region of northern Guatemala and parts of Belize.
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
History of civil engineering Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city in Mexico built by the Maya people of the Post Classic. Source: Internet
Eduard Seler commented in the early 1960s that chacmools in Chichen Itza tended to be located in temple antechambers, where the bowl or disc gripped by the figure served to receive pulque as an offering. Source: Internet
Desmond 1988, chapters 5 and 6 Museum worker Jesús Sanchez realised that the Chichen Itza sculpture was stylistically similar to two sculptures from central Mexico and the wide occurrence of the form within Mesoamerica was first recognised. 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