THE TZOMPANTLI

This large platform, also called ‘The Platform of the Skulls’, is seen as an indicator that human sacrifices were performed during religious ceremonies held at Chichen Itza. Human skulls would be impaled vertically on the Tzompantli, which is also decorated with bas-relief skulls. Interestingly, ‘Tzompantli’ is actually the Aztec name for these types of structures.