sentences:  Christopher Witmore  interprets the form of the guachimonton, with the altar in the center and platforms arranged around the patio space, to represent the sun.Witmore draws upon Wixáritari (Huichol) ethnographic work to suggest that the guachimonton may be an ancient version of the contemporary Wixáritari tuki.He compares the structures to ideological concepts of the Wixáritari deities Grandfather Fire and Father Sun.