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postclassic

Adjective

Meaning

postclassic (not comparable)

After a classic period.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

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

Ballcourt marker from the Postclassic site of Mixco Viejo in Guatemala. Source: Internet

Miller 1985, p. 9. The chacmools at Chichen Itza were found in a combination of chacmool, throne and serpent column; this chacmool-throne-serpent complex was associated with rulership during the Early Postclassic period. Source: Internet

The Quiriguá chacmool most likely dated to the Postclassic period and is stylistically similar to those of Tula rather than Chichen Itza. Source: Internet

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