[Aztlan] New finds at Chichen Itza

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

INAH is investigating a glyph series on a stela at the Casa Colorado  
building at Chichen Itza. There is an inscription on a stela that  
refers to the date 869 CE. The date may indicate the year the building  
was finished. Construction may have started on the building between  
800-850 CE. If this date is correct, it would represent one of the  
first occupation periods at Chichen Itza. Other structures are being  
excavated at this quadrant including restoration on the 10th ball  
court found at the site. The main structure has big nosed deities and  
decorative figureheads associated with Chaac. Mostly red on buff  
ceramics containing foreign materials have been found at this site.

INAH has the story here;
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=39&Itemid=150

A tiny URL;
http://fwd4.me/2kl

Mike Ruggeri's Maya Archaeology News and Links
http://tinyurl.com/atpsd9