Chenes
region, Mexico
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Mesoamerican cultures
- In pre-Columbian civilizations: Major sites
…even more pronounced in the Chenes country to the northwest, in the modern state of Campeche. At Chenes sites, Maya architects constructed frontal portals surrounded by the jaws of sky serpents and faced entire buildings with a riot of baroquely carved grotesques and spirals.
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