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Toltec invasion in Chichén Itzá's city? A new interpretation of questions from material culture of the "Terras Maias Baixas do Norte"

This article aims to study one the most controversial questions about Mexican Archaeology: the Toltec invasion on Chichén Itzá's city. The issue divides the opinion. There is a group of searches that believe that Chichén Itzá is a city built by toltecs. On the other hands, others searches thinks that Chichén Itzá is a city purely maya. In this text, we present some archaeological evidences that show the impossibility of the invasion of Tula on Chichén Itzá's urban centre.

Mesoamerica; Mayas; Toltecs; Material culture


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