Chac Mool, Pre-Hispanic Mayan Art, National Museum of Anthropology, Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Chac Mool, Pre-Hispanic Mayan Art, National Museum of Anthropology, Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. Chac Mool is the name given to a type of Pre Columbian Mesoamerican stone statue depicting a human figure in a position of reclining with the head up and turned to one side holding a tray over the stomach The meaning of the position or the statue itself remains unknown Chac Mool statues are found in or around temples in Toltec and other post Classic central Mexican sites and in post Classic Maya civilization sites with heavy Toltec influence such as Chichen Itza

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Location: Mexico
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