Editing Chacmool (section)

==Form==
The chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, leaning on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its chest.<ref name="MillerTaube93-03,p60"/> There is great variation among individual chacmools, with some possessing heads that are right-facing and others left-facing, and some with the heads facing upwards; some examples have movable heads. The figure may be lying on its back or on its side and the abdomen can be sunken below the level of the chest and knees or at the same level. Some chacmools were raised upon rectangular bases. Some of the figures are richly attired whilst others are almost naked.<ref name="LopezLopez01p60">López Austin and López Luján 2001, p. 60.</ref>

The chacmools of Chichen Itza and Tula depict young men with warrior attributes, while the chacmools of [[Michoacán]] depict elderly men with wrinkled faces and erect penises.<ref name="LopezLopez01p60"/> A chacmool from [[Guácimo (canton)|Guácimo]], Costa Rica, combines human and [[jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures|jaguar]] features and grips a bowl.<ref name="Solano210212">Solano, 21 February 2012.</ref> The face of the figure looks upwards and the bowl was apparently used to grind foodstuffs.<ref name="Solano260212">Solano, 26 February 2012.</ref>

A wide variety of materials were used to sculpt chacmools, including [[limestone]] and hard [[metamorphic rock|metamorphic]] and [[igneous rock|igneous]] rock types. Other materials employed include ceramic and cement.<ref name="LopezLopez01p60"/>

[[File:El Cerrito Queretarro 1777 Chac Mool.jpg|thumb|Illustration including example of what would later be called a "Chac Mool" found in [[El Cerrito (archaeological site)|El Cerrito, Querétaro]] in 1777]]