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Itzá, State Quintana Roo, México Tzompantli (Skulls Platform) (detail) Terminal Classic & Early Postclassic 850-1050 AD |
Comments: The tzompantli is a stone platform on which the severed heads of sacrificed humans were impaled and exhibited. It is adorned with the carved representations of impaled skulls. Examples of similar ceremonial structures also found in central Mexico (Tenochtitlan). |
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