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Games and foodstuffs at Chichen Itza: Relating patolli and starch grains at Structure 2D6 (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mario Zimmermann. Carlos Matos. Lilia Fernandez. Rafael Cobos.

Strucuture 2D6 is a gallery-patio type building situated within Chichen Itza’s site core right north of the Temple of the Warriors and the Temple of the Big Tables. Its gallery was excavated in 2009 and discoveries included a C-shaped bench following the buildings walls with just one exception – an altar right next to the passage that leads to the patio – as well as several column caches and a possible sacrificial stone. The removal of roof debris also freed up a well-preserved stucco floor that...