Chen K’u: The Ceramic of the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá
Study of the Ceramic Fragments of the Explorations Conducted in the 60’s

List of Figures

Figure   1.  Location of the Sacred Cenote.
Figure   2.  The Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá during the 60’s.
Figure   3.  Abbot Brasseur de Bourbourg.
Figure   4.  Diego de Landa.
Figure   5.  The dredger.
Figure   6.  The dredger at the Site Museum.
Figure   7.  Placing the dredger on the raft.
Figure   8.  The diving system.
Figure   9.  The descent to the platform.
Figure 10.  The air lift on the platform.
Figure 11.  Thompson’s "peninsula".
Figure 12.  Piña Chan during the excavation.
Figure 13.  Diving explorations.
Figure 14.  Ceramic analysis by G. Brainerd on Thompson’s sherds.
Figure 15.  Postclassic ceramics from the Cenote published by Brainerd.
Figure 16.  Florescent vessel of the Peabody collection.
Figure 17.  Postclassic vessels of the Peabody collection.
Figure 18.  Complete vessel recovered during the explorations conducted in the 60’s.
Figure 19.  Jade from the Sacred Cenote.
Figure 20.  Polychrome vessel from the Cenote.
Figure 21.  Thin Slate vessel with polychromy.
Figure 22.  Sacrifices at the Cenote.
Figure 23.  Jade from the Sacred Cenote.
Figure 24.  Censers of the Chen Mul type.
Figure 25.  Excavation of the steam bath and platforms by the Sacred Cenote conducted by Piña Chan in 1971.

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