El Tajin Ruin Site Ball Courts, Vera Cruz, Mexico
El Tajin Archaeological Ruin
Site is notable for the
existence of at least 17 Ball
Courts, some with elaborately
decorated stone enclosure
depicting blood sacrifice.
Site is notable for the
existence of at least 17 Ball
Courts, some with elaborately
decorated stone enclosure
depicting blood sacrifice.
El Tajin Ruin Site is located in Papantla, Veracruz State, Mexico and can be reached by bus service
from Poza Rica or Papantla.
ADO serves Poza Rica from Jalapa and other cities including Tuxpan and local buses make frequent runs
from the adjacent bus terminal in Poza Rica.
El Tajin ruin is still being studied and not much is known conclusively about the founders. One theory has it
as a Totonac city built in the first century AD that prospered as one of the largest cities in the classic era
until the 13th Century.
El Tajin was destroyed, archaeologists believe, in the 13th century when invaders form the Chicemec
culture defeated and burned the city. El Tajin had been abandoned long before the Spanish arrived in
1519.
El Tajin shows influence from Teotihuacan in its early classic stages and Toltec influence in later
stages of buildings and art, but the art and building design of El Tajin are unique different than any other in
Mexico having a much more fluid and flowery style.
El Tajin's most notable building, the Pyramid of the Niches, is thought by some researchers to be a
stone calendar with a recessed niche for each day. The building has six tiers that make a stepped pyramid
60 feet high. Each tier has niches recessed into the wall. A stairway on the east side leads to the top where
there had once been a temple.
from Poza Rica or Papantla.
ADO serves Poza Rica from Jalapa and other cities including Tuxpan and local buses make frequent runs
from the adjacent bus terminal in Poza Rica.
El Tajin ruin is still being studied and not much is known conclusively about the founders. One theory has it
as a Totonac city built in the first century AD that prospered as one of the largest cities in the classic era
until the 13th Century.
El Tajin was destroyed, archaeologists believe, in the 13th century when invaders form the Chicemec
culture defeated and burned the city. El Tajin had been abandoned long before the Spanish arrived in
1519.
El Tajin shows influence from Teotihuacan in its early classic stages and Toltec influence in later
stages of buildings and art, but the art and building design of El Tajin are unique different than any other in
Mexico having a much more fluid and flowery style.
El Tajin's most notable building, the Pyramid of the Niches, is thought by some researchers to be a
stone calendar with a recessed niche for each day. The building has six tiers that make a stepped pyramid
60 feet high. Each tier has niches recessed into the wall. A stairway on the east side leads to the top where
there had once been a temple.
El Tajin Ball Courts
| El Tajin Ruin Site Vera Cruz State, Mexico |
El Tajin's ball courts have richly carved stones depicting
ritual body piercing including the piercing of the penis and the
sacrificing of the ball player.
ritual body piercing including the piercing of the penis and the
sacrificing of the ball player.
One of El Tajin's notable features is
the ball court. So far 17 have been found
and several have detailed sculptures of
ritual practices including ritual blood
letting.
the ball court. So far 17 have been found
and several have detailed sculptures of
ritual practices including ritual blood
letting.
Visitors walk in one of the 17 El
Tajin Ball Courts
Tajin Ball Courts
Stone sides of the Ball Court showing elaborate sculptures
Stone sides of on of the Ball Courts showing elaborate sculptures
Stone corner of one of the Ball Courts
showing elaborate sculptures
showing elaborate sculptures
Stone sculpture showing ritual
body piercing
body piercing
El Tajin as it would have looked during the 6th Century AD
El Tajin Ruin Site is noted for its Ball Courts.
The ruin site in Veracruz, Mexico contains 17
Ball Courts, some with elaborately decorated
stone enclosure depicting blood sacrifice.
The ruin site in Veracruz, Mexico contains 17
Ball Courts, some with elaborately decorated
stone enclosure depicting blood sacrifice.
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