Footage of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.12.4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
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content: Frank Harold Hanna Roberts, Jr. films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (9 minutes, black-and-white silent; 594 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1932
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage documenting Classic Maya ruins at Chichen Itza, Mexico. Chichen Itza was occupied by the Maya from the 7th through 15th centuries AD. Film includes footage of the Temple of the Jaguar, El Castillo, El Caracol (the observatory), the Temple of Warriors, Ball Court, Nunnery and its Annex, and the Temple of the Wall Panels. Also included is reconstruction work, on an unidentifiable structure in the Series of the Thousand Columns. There are several structures on which heiroglyphic writing as well as both Mayan and Toltec-influenced designs are visible.