Platform of Venus
Item
- Title
- Platform of Venus
- Alternative Title
- Tomb of the Chac Mool
- City
- Chichen Itza, Yucatan, México
- Country
- México
- Date Created
- 11th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Building Type
- archaeological sites
- Style/Period
- Early Postclassic period
- Cultural Context
- Mexican
- Materials
- Masonry
- limestone blocks
- wood
- Description
- General view of Platform of Venus, a low platform with a talud-tablero type base inscribed with images of Kukulkan and the planet Venus
- Source
- Javier Gomez
- Photographer
- Javier Gomez
- Rights Holder
- © Javier Gomez
- Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
“Platform of Venus”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed April 23, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/36856