| Creator |
Unknown -- Architect -- Mayan; Unknown -- Toltec |
| Title |
Temple of Kukulcan (Pyramid of Kukulkan, Castle pyramid, el Castillo, Temple of the Feathered Serpent God) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Chichen Itza, Mexico |
| Description |
Model revealing older temple within. [Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Antropologia]. Photographed October 1975. |
| Work Dates |
ca. 1050 CE |
| Date Earliest |
1045 |
| Century |
11 |
| Style Period |
Pre-Columbian, Postclassic (Mesoamerican) |
| Culture |
Mayan; Toltec; Mesoamerican |
| Material |
Limestone |
| Measurements |
24 m high |
| Subject |
Ceremonial structures -- Funerary structures -- Tombs -- Pyramids -- Step pyramids; Ceremonial structures -- Religious structures -- Religious buildings -- Temples; Models (Representations); Gukumatz (Mayan diety); Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity) |
| Image Source |
Peter Goss. |
| Rights |
Digital image copyright 2011, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah. All rights reserved. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections and the School of Architecture |
| CA+P Accession No. |
P0305, F01 ARCH-29829 |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Type |
Image |
| Digitization Specifications |
Scanned with Nikon LS-4000 ED film scanner and saved as uncompressed TIFF. Color corrected manually in Photoshop CS and converted to JPEG. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s65d8w8k |
| Setname |
uu_cap_coa |
| ID |
91254 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65d8w8k |
