Mexico: Chichen Itza Sacred Site
Chichen Itza ( /tʃiːˈtʃɛn iːˈtsɑː/;[1] from Yucatec Maya: Chi’ch’èen Ìitsha’,[2] “at the mouth of the well of the Itza”) is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán state, present-day Mexico.
Chichen Itza maioris arx in Maya septentrionali campestri a Late Classic per Classicum et in primam partem periodi Classici Early Post. The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, from what is called “In the Mexican Origin” and reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico to the Puuc style found among the Puuc Maya of the northern lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion.