Toniná
Sign in to saveTonina (or Toniná in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 km (8.1 mi) east of the town of Ocosingo.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Toniná
- Ancient site.image
- Templo Mayor Toniná 1.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 250px
- Ancient site.alt
- A pyramid on the 5th terrace of the Acropolis at Toniná.
- Ancient site.caption
- A pyramid on the 5th terrace of the Acropolis at Toniná.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Mesoamerica
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location within Mesoamerica
- Ancient site.location
- Ocosingo
- Ancient site.region
- Chiapas, Mexico
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 10th century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Classic
- Ancient site.cultures
- Maya
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1972–1975, 1979-1980+
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Pierre Becquelin, Claude Baudez, Juan Yadeun INAH
- Ancient site.architectural_styles
- Classic Maya
- Ancient site.notes
- Responsible body: INAH
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Rulers
- History
- Early Classic
- Late Classic
- K'inich Hix Chapat
- Ruler 2
- K'inich B'aaknal Chaak
- Ruler 4
- K'inich Ich'aak Chapat
- Later rulers
- Ritual Cremation of Rulers
- Modern history
- Site description
- Structures
- Monuments and sculptures
- Site museum
- Notes
- References
- External links
Tonina (or Toniná in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 km (8.1 mi) east of the town of Ocosingo.
The site is medium to large, with groups of temple-pyramids set on terraces rising some above a plaza, a large court for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, and over 100 carved monuments, most dating from the 6th century through the 9th centuries AD, during the Classic period. Toniná is distinguished by its well preserved stucco sculptures and particularly by its in-the-round carved monuments, produced to an extent not seen in Mesoamerica since the end of the much earlier Olmec civilization. Toniná possesses one of the largest pyramids in Mexico; at in height, it is taller than the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan.