Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery
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Identifier
004
Medium
Photograph
Date Created
10-1976
Country
Mexico
State
Veracruz
Cultures
Classic Veracruz Civilization
Periods
Early Classic to Late Postclassic
Description
El Tajín, Pyramid next to the Pyramid of the Niches.
Copyright
©1976 Carl L. Thurman
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Type
Image
File Format
image/tiff
Recommended Citation
Thurman, Carl L., "El Tajín [photo 04]" (1976). Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery. 4.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/4
Comments
A part of the Classic Veracruz culture, El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 AD and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built. The city fell, in 1230 A.D. The site is located in Mexico in the highlands of the municipality of Papantla in modern-day Veracruz, not far from the city of Poza Rica, which lies northwest of the city of Veracruz.
UNESCO World Heritage Site.