Toltec: Quick Facts

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The Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico, features broad stone steps rising to a small temple at the top, with a central staircase and grassy plaza in front.

Stone columns carved as Toltec warriors stand upright on a platform at Tula, Mexico, with additional cylindrical pillars and a clear sky in the background.

Chac Mool sculpture at Chichén Itzá

Toltec stone columns

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Topics

Mesoamerican civilization plumbate ware Chac Mool Pre-Columbian civilizations Aztec Maya Inca Totonac Moche Olmec Nahua Mixe-Zoquean Tarasco Chimú

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Edward Burnett Tylor

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor

British anthropologist