El Tajín
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This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as “El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City”. |
El Tajín is an archeological site which was one of the most important pre-Hispanic cities in Mesoamerica. It is located in northern Veracruz state and is a World Heritage Site.
The entrance
Voladores at the entrance
- Altar 184 from Building 4 showing four characters performing a ceremony
- Burial of an adult male with mutilated feet, found in contention wall
- Burial of a 3 or 4 year old child from Building 26
- Clay figure from the early post classic period 950-1150 AD
- Column fragments from the Building of the Columns
- Sculpture of a head from 950-1150 AD found at Building Y in Tajin Chico
- Squatted figure with anthropomorphic features and showing Huastec influence
- Model of the southern section of El Tajin showing the Arroyo Group and the Pyramid of the Niches
- Model of the northern section of El Tajin showing the Tajin Chico section
- Mural fragments from Building 10
- Burial of adult male found with 4 pots under the causeway of the Plaza del Arroyo
- Depiction of a priest
- Sculpture of a man with a bag of copal and a command staff.
- Tablet with relief. Original location in the city is unknown
- Stone tablet 27 from the Pyramid of the Niches
- Stone tablet 37 from the Pyramid of the Niches
- Stone tablet from the Pyramid of the Niches
- volcanic stones used for polishing
Arroyo Group
Blue Temple and Building 23
- Blue Temple
- Building 23
South Ball Court
- Overview of the ball court
- Sculpted panel of ballplayer being beheaded
- Face decoration
- One of the panels
Building 5
Pyramid of the Niches
- Carl Nebel's drawings
- Pyramid in 1913
- Tablet 27
- Tablet 37
Tajin Chico
- Building A
- Building B
- Building C
- Building J
- Building K
- Building Q
- Grand Xicalcoliuhqui
