|Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza| |Name as inscribed on the
World Heritage List| |Criteria||i, ii, iii| |UNESCO
region||Latin America and the Caribbean| |Inscription||1988
(12th Session)| Chichen Itza (pron.: / /, Spanish: Chichén Itzá
[tʃiˈtʃen iˈtsa], from Yucatec Maya: Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha'
[tɕʰɨɪʼtɕʼeːn˧˩ iː˧˩tsʰaʲ]; "at the mouth of the well of the
Itza") was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya
civilization. The archaeological site is located in the
municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Chichen
Itza was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from
the Late Classic (c. AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic
(c.AD 800–900) and into the early portion of the Early
Postclassic period (c. AD 900–1200). The site exhibits a
multitude of architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in
central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the northern
Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once
thought to have been representative of direct migration or eve