Essentially a 9 step structure, with a flat platform at the top, which supports a 2 storey temple, El Castillois a credit to the architects and the people who built it. The chief building materials are Limestone,Native hardwood[for beams] and mortar. The site would have been first cleared of vegetation,then leveled.The Limestone blocks quarried from a nearby site, then dragged to the construction area. First the outer casing stones, which are finely trimmed and dressed, would have been erected. The stones were cut to a size that made them easy to manouver into place by two people. As the outer casing rose, the interior space was back filled with closely packed stones/rubble, then set in mortar. The mortar was made by burning limestone in wood fired kilns to produce lime, then the lime was mixed with white soil[sahcab] and water to make a very good mortar. Some of the ceiling beams and door lintels are made with Chicozapote beams, a native hardwood cut from the surrounding area. As the structure grew the four staircases on each side side of the pyramid were used to bring up the stones,rubble,Chicozapote beams and mortar required by the builders. As each of the 9 steps was completed, there would have been an opportunity to check measurements, do any levelling required and set measurements for the next tier. Using these principles El Castillo was built, but the structure itself, is so much more than a building.
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El Castillo is a Meso-American step pyramid that was built by the Mayan civilization between the 9th and 12th centuries. The pyramid is thought to have been built as a tribute to their god Kukulkan, a feathered serpent deity.
{| ! scope="col" width="81" | idth ! scope="col" width="156" | Meters ! scope="col" width="142" | Zapal equivalent ! scope="row" | Top| 19.5213 ! scope="row" | Base| 55.337 ! scope="row" | Temple| 13.42 9 ! scope="row" | Stairs| 8.85 6 |}
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El Castillo is in Chichén Itza. Where specifically? I don't know...
The population of El Castillo - municipality - is 19,864.
El Castillo Interior was created in 1577.
'El castillo' is a Spanish word that means 'castle.'
The area of El Castillo - municipality - is 1,656 square kilometers.
el castillo de arena el castillo= castle arena= sand
what problems did mayans face when building el castillo
Each of the nine terraces or platforms on the side of El Castillo represents a step in the Mayan calendar, with 91 steps on each of the four sides and an additional step at the top, totaling 365 steps. The stairway represents the solar year and is believed to be a physical representation of the Mayan calendar system.
El Castillo has 91 steps on each of it's four sides.
El Castillo has 97 steps on each of its 4 sides.
I think about many thousands did many slaves did not the higher form of people like priests . The slaves had to carry heavy loads on their backs and build it in the beautiful form a step pyramid is made into