coatepantli
A carved wall featuring the serpent motif; introduced in Toltec architecture ca. 1000 A.D. at Tula (home of Quetzalcoatl, deified as the Feathered Serpent) and used extensively by the Aztecs thereafter. (Harris, 1977)
A carved wall featuring the serpent motif; introduced in Toltec architecture ca. 1000 A.D. at Tula (home of Quetzalcoatl, deified as the Feathered Serpent) and used extensively by the Aztecs thereafter. (Harris, 1977)