Chii chinonzi Chichen Itza?
Context:Chichén Itzá (inowanzonzi Chichen Itza muChirungu uye yechinyakare Yucatec Maya) raive guta rakakura pre-Columbian rakavakwa nevanhu veMaya venguva yeTerminal Classic. Nzvimbo inocherwa matongo iri muTinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico.  Chichén Itzá yakanga iri nzvimbo huru yepakati muNorthern Maya Lowlands kubva kuLate Classic (c. AD 600<unk>900) kuburikidza neTerminal Classic (c. AD 800<unk>900) uye mukutanga kwechikamu chePostclassic nguva (c. AD 900<unk>1200). Nzvimbo yacho inoratidzira marudzi akawanda ezvivako, zvinoyeuchidza nezvezvivako zvinoonekwa pakati peMexico uye zvePuuc neChenes zvimiro zveNorthern Maya lowlands. Kuvapo kwemaitiro epakati peMexico kwaimbofungidzirwa kuve kwakamirira kutama kwakananga kana kunyange kukunda kubva pakati peMexico, asi dudziro zhinji dzazvino uno dzinoona kuvapo kwemaitiro aya asiri eMaya semhedzisiro yekuparadzirwa kwetsika.  Chichén Itzá rakanga riri rimwe ramaguta makuru zvikurusa avaMaya uye sezvingabvira rakanga riri rimwe ramaguta makuru engano, kana kuti Tollans, anotaurwa mumabhuku apashure eMesoamerican. Guta racho ringangodaro raiva nevanhu vakasiyana-siyana kupfuura mamwe ose aiva munyika yevaMaya, izvo zvingangodaro zvakaita kuti pave nemagadzirirwo akasiyana-siyana enzvimbo yacho.  Matongo eChichén Itzá zvinhu zvehurumende, uye nzvimbo yacho inotarisirwa neInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia yeMexico (National Institute of Anthropology and History). Nyika iri pasi pezvivako zvacho yakanga iri yevanhu voga kusvikira musi waMarch 29, 2010, apo yakatengwa nehurumende yeYucatán.  Chichén Itzá ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzinoshanyirwa zvikuru dzevanochera matongo muMexico ine vashanyi vanopfuura mamirioni 2.6 muna 2017.
Chichén Itzá rakanga riri rimwe ramaguta makuru zvikurusa amaMaya iro rakanga riri nzvimbo huru yokunangidzira ngwariro munenge muna AD 900. Iye zvino yava imwe yenzvimbo dzinocherwa matongo dzinonyanya kushanyirwa muMexico.