The Chichen Itza 3D Atlas project brings high resolution 3D geospatial data together with over 300 models of architecture and artifacts within a single full-resolution 4D digital twin. Each individual dataset is made available to the public, and annotated with full provenance. We endeavor to provide high resolution, web accessible references to aid archaeologists, researchers, and conservators in the study and stewardship of this important and expansive site.

Credit this project:

McAvoy, S., Stanton, T.W., Rissolo, D., Osorio León, J.F.J., Pérez Ruiz, F., García-Solís, C.A., Barba Meinecke, H., Méndez Petterson, A.E., Sarvide Primo, B., Coltman, J.D., Meyer, D.E., Herver Santamaria, A., Romero Butrón, A.E., Gallegos Flores, J.M., Rodríguez Catana, L.A., Vilchis Zapata, K., Quetz León, G., Marengo Camacho, N.I., Drohobytsky,D., Meacham, S.S., Fernández-Diaz, J.C., NCALM, CyArk, Buck Kachaluba, S., Zavala Murrieta, C., Mercado Hurtado, G., Chockalingam, R., Salazar Gamboa, M., Campiani, A., Mirón Marván, E., Kuester, F.
(2023) Chichen Itza 3D Archaeological Atlas . University of California.
https://doi.org/10.34946/D6B88P

All of our data is licensed as Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic

Individual datasets will eventually be provided through OpenHeritage3D.org and OpenTopography.org , crediting data collectors, data processors, site authorities, and partners in granular detail.







The Digital Twin


View the Data

A listing of all data sets is available here

6 Models

Site-wide Reference Models

LiDAR and Aerial Photogrammetry

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117 models

Structures and Architectural Features

Photogrammetry and High Resolution Structured Light Scans

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107 models

Sculptures and Artifacts

High Resolution Structured Light Scans

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Case Studies

A listing of all case studies is available here

March 2023

Cenote Sagrado Erosion Visualization

Arlette Herver Santamaria, Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho
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Conservation
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March 2023

Water Table Mapping

Dominique Rissolo, Travis Stanton
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Aquifers, Caves
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February 2023

Reassembling the Ballcourt Monument

Scott McAvoy
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Reconstruction
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Our Partners


CHEI Logo

Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative (CHEI)

At Calit2 , UC San Diego

INAH Logo

Instituto Nacional de Antropologia Historia Yucatan

El Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya De Merida

CHEI Logo

El Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo AC (CINDAQ)

INAH Logo

OpenHeritage3D.org

INAH Logo

University of California Riverside

Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) Yucatan

Chichen Itza Tourist Center (INAH)

Subdirección de Arqueología Subacuática Península de Yucatán (INAH)

Museo Regional de Yucatán Palacio Cantón (INAH)

El Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya De Merida

El Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo AC (CINDAQ)

University of California, Riverside

University of California, San Diego Library

The Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology

National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)

CyArk

OpenHeritage3D.org

OpenTopography.org



Project Leaders and Site Authorities


José Francisco Javier Osorio León
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Francisco Pérez Ruiz
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Travis W. Stanton
University of California Riverside

Dominique Rissolo
Cultural Heritage Engineering Institute (CHEI), Calit2, University of California, San Diego

Claudia Araceli García-Solís
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Marco Antonio Santos Ramirez
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Helena Barba Meinecke
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Ana Eugenia Méndez Petterson
El Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya De Merida

Bernardo Sarvide Primo
Museo Regional de Yucatán Palacio Cantón

Falko Kuester
Cultural Heritage Engineering Institute (CHEI), Calit2, University of California, San Diego

Project Iconographer:


Jeremy Coltman
University of California, Riverside


Data and Models By:


Juan Carlos Fernández-Diaz
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) , University of Houston

Dominique E. Meyer
Cultural Heritage Engineering Institute (CHEI), Calit2, University of California, San Diego

Arlette Herver Santamaria
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Ashuni E. Romero Butrón
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Jesús Manuel Gallegos Flores
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Luis Alberto Rodríguez Catana
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Kay Vilchis Zapata
Subdirección de Arqueología Subacuática Península de Yucatán (INAH)

Gabriel Quetz León
Subdirección de Arqueología Subacuática Península de Yucatán (INAH)

Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)

Samuel S. Meacham
El Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo AC (CINDAQ)

Cyark

Scott McAvoy
Cultural Heritage Engineering Institute (CHEI), Calit2, University of California, San Diego



Acknowledgements

Special thanks to :

The Strauss Family Fund for Mesoamerican Studies

The University of California Riverside Academic Senate

Jerry Murdock

Professor Holley Moyes
of University of California Merced

National Science Foundation
Grant No. 1623603
Grant No. 2117877

the Selz Foundation

Fundación Roberto Hernández

Landy Patricia Pinto Bojórquez
of the Museo Regional de Yucatán Palacio Cantón

Roberto Bonilla Moreno and Alejandro Uc Uicab
of the Chichen Itza Tourist Center collection

Daniel Ayala
El Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya De Merida

Presidente C. Hilario J. Briceno Carrillo and the city of Piste




Developed by:


Scott McAvoy
Cultural Heritage Engineering Institute (CHEI)
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
University of California, San Diego