Chiapas - 2005
Tonina
The Grand Plaza
Our group walking through the Grand Plaza, with the Decapitation Altar in the background, at Tonina

The Grand Plaza includes a Ball Court and the Temple of the Cosmic War.  I did not feel anything in particular from this plaza.


According to MAYAS and ZOCQUES Southeastern Mexico: Chiapas, ISBN 798-970-678-031-7, Page 40, (Laura Pescador Canton author), the Mayans artificially leveled off the base using clay and rocks to create the Grand Plaza.  an 8 meter (26 foot) barricade encloses the plaza on the south, east, and west.  The Temple Complex encloses the plaza on the north.

Crop of the Map of Tonina showing the Grand Plaza from MAYAS and ZOCQUES Southeastern Mexico: Chiapas, ISBN 798-970-678-031-7, Page 39, (Laura Pescador Canton author).

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